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The chapter topics will focus on the most commonly encountered neurologic disorders in the sleep patient, such as peripheral neuropathy in the setting of restless legs syndrome, stroke and sleep-disordered breathing, the differentiation of nocturnal seizures and parasomnias, and hypersomnia with secondary neurologic causes. Other neurologic problems encountered include neurodegenerative diseases, headaches, head trauma, brain tumors, and neuromuscular disease.
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Rundo, J.V., Waters, T., Bae, C., Rodriguez, C., Foldvary-Schaefer, N. (2014). Sleep and Neurologic Disorders. In: Competencies in Sleep Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9065-4_14
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