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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep latency (time from sleep onset to the first REM episode) was measured in 39 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Reduced REM sleep latency (≤65.0 min) was found in a high proportion of patients (69%). Since reduced REM sleep latency may be a trait-like abnormality relatively specific to primary depression, we evaluated this parameter in two groups of parkinsonian patients: depressed (16 patients) and non-depressed (23 patients). Its incidence was significantly higher in depressed patients with Parkinson's disease.
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Kostić, V.S., Šušić, V., Čovičković-Šternić, N. et al. Reduced rapid eye movement sleep latency in patients with parkinson's disease. J Neurol 236, 421–423 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314903
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