Prevalence and characteristics of sleep-disordered breathing in familial dysautonomia

Familial dysautonomia (FD) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by impaired development of sensory and afferent autonomic nerves. Untreated sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been reported to increase the risk of sudden unexpected death in FD. We aimed to describe the prevalence and characteristics of SDB in FD.

Source: Sleep Medicine - February 7, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Kanwaljit Singh, Jose-Alberto Palma, Horacio Kaufmann, Nataliya Tkachenko, Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann, Christy Spalink, Mikhail Kazachkov, Sanjeev V. Kothare Source Type: research