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Sleep disordered breathing during REM sleep in Freeman-Sheldon syndrome
1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan. jkohyama.ped@tmd.ac.jp
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
|December 28, 2000
Abstract
Objectives:
To examine the sleep-disordered breathing in patients with Freeman-Sheldon syndrome (FSS).
Material And Methods:
One night polysomnography was performed for 2 teenage FSS patients.
Results:
They showed frequent obstructive sleep apnea exclusively during rapid-eye-movement sleep.
Conclusion:
FSS is a risk factor for the occurrence of sleep disordered breathing.