Nightmare disorder and REM sleep behavior disorder in inflammatory arthritis: Possibility beyond neurodegeneration.
Brain and Behavior March 2019 Luca Baldelli, Olga Addimanda, Marco Burattini et al.
To investigate the prevalence of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) to ascertain if RBD could be an internal red flag signaling a fluctuating state of inflammation based on the theory of "protoconsciousness". One hundred and three patients with a confirmed diagnosis of IA were consecutively recruited. The patients underwent general (IA activity,...
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Inflammatory arthritis
Neurodegeneration
Nightmares
Prevalence
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