Table 3

 Summary of PSG studies

CaseTime of evolution (months)Length of studyMain findings
2/IV-1091 nightAbsence of sleep rhythms
2/V-11224 hAbsence of sleep rhythms
2/V-663 nights plus 24 hReduced sleep efficacy; sleep fragmentation; REM without muscle atonia; central apnoeas, tachycardia; profuse periodic and non-periodic leg movements
3/III-3121 nightSevere abnormal sleep pattern; some spindles in phase II; no phases III or IV; a single period of REM sleep
4/III-691 nightAbsence of sleep rhythms (phase I only); central apnoeas; periodic legs movements
121 nightAbsence of sleep rhythms
5/III-191 nightSevere abnormal pattern of sleep (phases I and II); very few spindles; central apnoeas
5/III-231 nightSevere abnormal pattern of sleep (phases I and II); very few spindles; a single period of REM sleep
6/III-9111 nightSevere abnormal pattern of sleep; central apnoeas; some fragments of REM sleep
7/III-4121 nightAbsence of sleep rhythms
8/III-161 nightAbsence of sleep rhythms
9/II-261 nightAbsence of sleep rhythms