Sleep Disorder Linked to Neurodegenerative Conditions

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The study was expected to be presented Tuesday at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting in Chicago.

"There is currently no treatment to delay the onset or prevent dementia or parkinsonism in patients with RBD who are destined to develop these neurologic problems in the future," Boeve said. "Our ultimate goal is to use therapies that would delay the onset or prevent these problems from ever developing in patients who have a form of RBD that reflects an evolving neurodegenerative disease. However, much more research is needed to get to that point."

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