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Prevalence of Sleep Disturbances Varies According to Parkinson's Disease Subtype: Presented at ENS:
[Abstract: Doctors Guide] "People with the akinetic-rigid subtype Parkinson's disease (PD) have an especially high risk of sleep disturbances, according to preliminary findings from a study presented here at the 16th Annual Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS). Sleep disorders are commonly associated with PD, said Natasa Klepac, MD, professor of neurology, University of Zagreb Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia. In these patients, sleep disorders have several causes, including neurodegenerative changes that affect sleep centers in the brain, and the persistence of PD symptoms at night that make sleeping difficult, she said during a poster session on May 31st...." |