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Is REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Linked to Neurodegenerative Disease?

Neurology Reviews. 2009 January;17(1):1, 14

 

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Dr. Postuma cautioned that although RBD is underrecognized, most sleep disorders are not RBD. There are also secondary causes of RBD, such as antidepressant use, which confer no special risk for neurodegenerative disease.


—Richard Robinson

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