Abstract

Background Adult sleepwalking is considered to be a rare parasomnia in normal adults. When episodes occur almost nightly or are associated with physical injury to the patients or others and duration is 3 months or longer then sleepwalking becomes chronic. We present the clinical features and diagnostic evaluation of patients with chronic sleepwalking who attended our Outpatients' Clinic of Sleep Disorders.

Highlights

  • Adult sleepwalking is considered to be a rare parasomnia in normal adults

  • We present the clinical features and diagnostic evaluation of patients with chronic sleepwalking who attended our Outpatients' Clinic of Sleep Disorders

  • Patients filled up the questionnaire on sleep disorders that is being used by the Sleep Disorders Department of the First Neurological Clinic at the AHEPA Hospital

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Summary

Background

Adult sleepwalking is considered to be a rare parasomnia in normal adults. When episodes occur almost nightly or are associated with physical injury to the patients or others and duration is 3 months or longer sleepwalking becomes chronic. We present the clinical features and diagnostic evaluation of patients with chronic sleepwalking who attended our Outpatients' Clinic of Sleep Disorders

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Thorpy MJ

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