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Sleep Disorders in Patients with Essential Tremor

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Purpose of the Review

Patients diagnosed with essential tremor (ET) report frequent sleep complaints. This review focuses on the main findings of studies addressing sleep features in patients diagnosed with ET, updating previously reported information.

Recent Findings and Summary

Bad quality of sleep and excessive daytime somnolence are very frequent in patients with ET, although the effects of the drugs used for the therapy of ET could contribute to these complaints. REM sleep behavior disorder, restless legs, insomnia, and nocturia are frequent complaints as well. There is a lack of studies addressing polysomnographic features of ET.

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The work at the authors’ laboratory is supported in part by Grants PI15/00303, PI18/00540, and RETICS RD16/0006/0004 from Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain, and IB16170, GR18145 from Junta de Extremadura, Spain. Financed in part with FEDER funds from the European Union. The quality of the English language was revised in detail by Professor James McCue.

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Jiménez-Jiménez, F.J., Alonso-Navarro, H., García-Martín, E. et al. Sleep Disorders in Patients with Essential Tremor. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 21, 23 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-021-01109-y

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