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Sleep-related eating disorder in fraternal twins
Joel De Ocampo1, Nancy Foldvary, Dudley S Dinner
1Department of Neurology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Sleep Disorders Center, Section of Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders, 9500 Euclid Avenue, S-51, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Sleep Medicine
|November 1, 2003
Abstract:
Sleep-related eating disorder (SRED) is characterized by nocturnal partial arousals associated with compulsive consumption of food and altered levels of consciousness. Reports of an increased incidence of SRED in relatives of affected individuals suggest a genetic predisposition. We report a woman with SRED whose fraternal twin sister and father are also affected.