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Women with sleep disorders face increased odds of sudden death in Parkinson’s disease

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Our studies are supported by the following grants: FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo); CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES).

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  1. Disciplina de Neurociência, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), Rua Pedro de Toledo, 669, 1° andar, São Paulo, SP, 04039-032, Brazil

    Fulvio A. Scorza & Carla A. Scorza

  2. Centro de Neurociências e Saúde da Mulher “Professor Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima”, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil

    Fulvio A. Scorza, Manoel J. B. C. Girão, Antonio-Carlos G. de Almeida, Ana C. Fiorini & Carla A. Scorza

  3. Departamento de Ginecologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil

    Manoel J. B. C. Girão

  4. Laboratório de Neurociência Experimental e Computacional, Departamento de Engenharia de Biossistemas, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), São Paulo, Brazil

    Antonio-Carlos G. de Almeida

  5. Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil

    Ana C. Fiorini

  6. Klinik Landstrasse, Messerli Institute, Vienna, Austria

    Josef Finsterer

  7. Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduado em Fonoaudiologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), São Paulo, Brazil

    Ana C. Fiorini

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Scorza, F.A., Girão, M.J.B.C., de Almeida, AC.G. et al. Women with sleep disorders face increased odds of sudden death in Parkinson’s disease. Acta Neurol Belg 121, 1881–1882 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-020-01523-y

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