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RBD in Childhood and Adolescence

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While REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is typically observed among older adults, with characteristic clinical and polysomnographic features and risk for future neurodegenerative disease in the majority, it has also been reported among children and adolescents. The clinical presentation, associated conditions, and clinical course have not been studied in detail in childhood, however. Insights into the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and directions for future research related to childhood-onset RBD and its polysomnographic signature, REM sleep without atonia (RSWA), are presented. An illustrative case report has been included, and details of published case reports and case series have been tabulated. Differential diagnosis and clues for recognition of RBD among the young are also discussed.

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  1. Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Garima Shukla

  2. Division of Neurology-Epilepsy and Sleep, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University and Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, ON, Canada

    Garima Shukla

  3. Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Suresh Kotagal

  4. Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, and Departments of Psychiatry, Hennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Carlos H. Schenck

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Shukla, G., Kotagal, S., Schenck, C.H. (2019). RBD in Childhood and Adolescence. In: Schenck, C., Högl, B., Videnovic, A. (eds) Rapid-Eye-Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90152-7_14

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