Do you routinely recommend a sleep study in patients with clinical history of REM-sleep behavior disorder?
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Neurology · Yale
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I do routinely recommend and perform in lab sleep testing for patients with suspected REM behavior disorder (RBD). The finding of REM sleep without atonia (RSWA) is supportive of a diagnosis of RBD, as atonia is normally presented in individuals (without RBD) during REM sleep.
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