NMDAREMNREM

Luis Ribeiro1, Dimitri Psimaras1, Raphael Vollhardt1

  • 1From the Sleep Clinic (L.R., R.V., I.A., A.Z.G.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP-Sorbonne University, Paris, France; Neurology Department (L.R.), Unidade Local de Saude, Matosinhos, Portugual; Department of Neurology 2 (D.P.), Neuro-oncology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP-Sorbonne University, Paris; National Reference Centre on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes (J.H.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, MeLiS - UCBL-CNRS UMR 5284 - INSERM U1314, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1; and Neurology Department (A.M., S.D., A.C., N.E.V., L.C., L.L.G.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP-Sorbonne University, Paris, France.

概括

抗N-甲基-d-酸盐受体抗体脑炎 (anti-NMDARe) 可能导致REM睡眠行为障碍. 视频多睡眠学有助于诊断这些睡眠障碍,这些症状可能会通过 gabapentin 和 clonazepam 得到改善.

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