Laura Pérez-Carbonell, Jordi Sarto, Carles Gaig, Amaia Muñoz-Lopetegi, Raquel Ruiz-García, Laura Naranjo, Josep María Augé, Andrés Perissinotti, Joan Santamaria, Alex Iranzo, Raquel Sánchez-Valle
BACKGROUND: Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) is a rare prion disease with heterogeneous clinical presentation. Although sleep-related abnormalities are prominent and well-known in other prion diseases such as fatal familial insomnia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, information on sleep is limited in GSS. METHODS: We evaluated sleep in three genetically confirmed GSS cases using clinical history, sleep scales and video-polysomnography. In addition, patients underwent neurological assessment, neurological scales, neuropsychological testing, lumbar puncture, brain MRI and brain 18 F-FDG-PET...
May 22, 2023: Sleep Medicine