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Shy-Drager Syndrome Presenting as a REM Behavioral Disorder

Jules R. Rosen, MD

Daniel J. Buysse, MD

Charles F. Reynolds, MD

George S. Zubenko, MD, PhD

Shy-Drager syndrome (SDS) is associated with a myriad of autonomic and neurologic impairments, including sleep dis turbances. A review of the literature reveals that there are no reports of SDS presenting with an abnormality of sleep. The following case report describes a patient who was diagnosed with SDS approximately one decade after initially presenting with a progressive, polysomnographically confirmed disturbance of sleep— specifically, an REM behavioral disorder (RBD).

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Vol. 3, No. 2, 110-113 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/089198879000300210


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