Neurologic Disorders in Women and Sleep
1Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, McNair Campus, 7200 Cambridge Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Abstract:
Sleep disorders in women remain underrecognized and underdiagnosed mainly because of gender bias in researching and characterizing sleep disorders in women. Symptoms of common sleep disorders are frequently missed in the general female population and are expected to be further overlooked because of overlapping symptoms in women with neurologic disorders. Given the bidirectional relationship with sleep and neurologic disorders, it remains critical to be aware of the presentation and impact of sleep disorders in this patient population. This article reviews available data on sleep disorders in women with neurologic disorders and discusses their distinctive features.
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