Not Only Sleepwalking But NREM Parasomnia Irrespective of the Type Is Associated with HLA DQB1*05:01 - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2016 Apr 15;12(4):565-70.

doi: 10.5664/jcsm.5692.

Birgit Frauscher 2, Thomas Mitterling 2, Matthias Boentert 1, Anja Schirmacher 1, Paul Hörtnagl 3, Harald Schennach 3, Christina Massoth 1, Svenja Happe 4, Geert Mayer 5, Peter Young 1, Birgit Högl 2

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Not Only Sleepwalking But NREM Parasomnia Irrespective of the Type Is Associated with HLA DQB1*05:01

Anna Heidbreder et al. J Clin Sleep Med. 2016.

Abstract

Study objectives: Despite the high prevalence and clinical relevance of NREM parasomnias, data on supportive genetic markers are scarce, and mainly refer to sleepwalking only.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical, polysomnographic, and HLA findings of 74 adults (37 men) with NREM parasomnia gathered from four neurological sleep centers. Parasomniac events were classified according to ICSD-2 criteria. HLA DQB1 genotyping was compared to regional-matched reference allele-frequencies.

Results: Fifty-six patients had more than 2 different parasomnia type: 11 sleepwalking, 4 sleep terrors, 3 confusional arousals only. Parasomniac events were documented during video-polysomnography (V-PSG) in 70% (49/70) of subjects (71.4% confusional arousals, 8.2% sleep terrors, 4.1% sleepwalking, 16.3% ≥ 2 NREM parasomnia types). Violent behavior during V-PSG occurred in 8.5% (6/71). NREM parasomnia onset was reported after the age of 30 years in 6.8% (5/74). The HLA DQB1*05:01 allele was present in 41% (29/71) compared to 24.2% in the regional-matched reference allele group (p < 0.05). This haplotype prevalence did not differ within the NREM parasomnia type. Epworth Sleepiness Score was 10 or higher in 28.6%.

Conclusions: This is a large polysomnography-based case series of patients with NREM parasomnia. In patients with suspected sleepwalking or sleep terrors, polysomnography is highly useful in detecting arousals from NREM sleep as a marker of NREM parasomnia. We confirmed previous findings by demonstrating a high prevalence of the HLA DQB1*05:01 genotype for different types of NREM parasomnias. Our findings therefore support a common genetic background, and corroborate the importance of video-polysomnography in the work-up of parasomnia.

Keywords: behavior; genetics; genotype; somnambulism; video-polysomnography.

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