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수면정신생리 (11권1호 37-43)
Comparison of Clinical Characteristics and Polysomnographic Features between Manifest and Latent REM Sleep Behavior Disorders
발현성 렘수면 행동장애와 잠재성 렘수면 행동장애의 임상적 특성 및 수면다원검사 소견 비교
Kim, Seog-Ju;Lee, Yu-Jin;Kim, Eui-Joong;Jeong, Do-Un;
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Division of Sleep Studies and Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital;Department of Psychiatry, Eunpyung Metropolitan Hospital;Department of Neurosychiatry, Eulji Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine;Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Division of Sleep Studies and Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital;
Objective: The purpose of this paper is to study the possible differences in clinical and polysomnographic findings, depending on the presence or absence of subjective complaints of abnormal sleep behavior, in patients with RWA on polysomnography. Method: We reviewed patient records and polysomnographic data of patients referred to the Sleep Laboratory at Seoul National University Hospital from June 1996 through October 2002. We defined the manifest RBD group (n=32) as patients having both complaints of abnormal sleep behavior and RWA on polysomnography. The latent RBD group (n=20) consisted of patients who exhibited RWA on polysomnography but did not complain of abnormal sleep behavior. The clinical characteristics and polysomnographic findings between the two groups were compared and analyzed. Results: Fifty-two subjects had RWA, as detected by polysomnography (42 males and 10 females, mean age of
REM sleep behavior disorder;Abnormal sleep behavior;Polysomnography;