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Delayed emergence of a parkinsonian disorder or dementia in 81% of older men initially diagnosed with idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: a 16-year update on a previously reported series

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The vast majority of men > or =50 years old initially diagnosed with iRBD in this study eventually developed a parkinsonian disorder/dementia, often after a prolonged interval from onset of iR BD, with the mean interval being 14 years while the range extended to 29 years.
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This article is published in Sleep Medicine.The article was published on 2013-08-01. It has received 628 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: REM sleep behavior disorder & Dementia with Lewy bodies.

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Video Polysomnographic Analysis of Dream-Enacting Behaviors in the Patients with REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

TL;DR: Analyzing dream-enacting behaviors (DEB) using video REM sleep behavior disorder severity scale (RBDSS) during night polysomnography (PSG) and comparing them between in patients with idiopathic RBD and patients with symptomatic RBD found RBDSS is an easy tool to analyze severity of DEB in patientswith RBD.
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Sleep problems in older people: a practical guide to management

TL;DR: The normal physiological changes in sleep architecture that occur with ageing and the clinical features of a range of sleep disorders that may occur in older people, along with their management are described.
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Fatigue in Patients with Idiopathic/Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the prevalence and clinical characteristics of fatigue in patients with idiopathic/isolated REM sleep behavior disorders (iRBD) and used logistic regression to identify the factors associated with fatigue.
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Dementia and Systemic Disease

TL;DR: Understanding the prevalence of these problems in the various dementias and the current evidence regarding prevention and treatment is critical in order to provide optimal care to this vulnerable population.
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“Mini-mental state”: A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician

TL;DR: A simplified, scored form of the cognitive mental status examination, the “Mini-Mental State” (MMS) which includes eleven questions, requires only 5-10 min to administer, and is therefore practical to use serially and routinely.

A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician

TL;DR: The Mini-Mental State (MMS) as mentioned in this paper is a simplified version of the standard WAIS with eleven questions and requires only 5-10 min to administer, and is therefore practical to use serially and routinely.
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Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson’s disease

TL;DR: This study traces the course of the pathology in incidental and symptomatic Parkinson cases proposing a staging procedure based upon the readily recognizable topographical extent of the lesions.
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Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Third report of the DLB Consortium

Ian G. McKeith, +45 more
- 27 Dec 2005 - 
TL;DR: The dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) Consortium has revised criteria for the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of DLB incorporating new information about the core clinical features and suggesting improved methods to assess them as mentioned in this paper.
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