Sleepwalking and Sleep Paralysis: Prevalence in Colombian Families With Genetic Generalized Epilepsy.

Diana M Cornejo-SanchezJaime Carrizosa-MoogDagoberto Cabrera-HemerRodrigo Solarte-MilaChristhian Gomez-CastilloRhys ThomasSuzanne M LealWilliam Cornejo-OchoaNicolas Pineda-Trujillo

Published in: Journal of child neurology (2019)

The prevalence of sleepwalking or sleep paralysis is reported for individuals with genetic generalized epilepsy and their relatives. The co-existence of either parasomnia in the genetic generalized epilepsy patients and the co-aggregation within their families let suggest that shared heritability and pathophysiological mechanisms exist between these disorders. We hypothesize that sleepwalking/sleep paralysis and genetic generalized epilepsy could be variable expression of genes in shared pathways.

Keyphrases

genome wide
physical activity
copy number
sleep quality
risk factors
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
dna methylation
prognostic factors
gene expression
patient reported outcomes
genome wide analysis