|
|
Article: Optic nerve disease may cause sleep disorders.
- Article from:
- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- February 18, 2004
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
2004 FEB 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young people with eye diseases that damage the inner part of the retina and optic nerve are significantly more likely to have sleep disorders than those with other types of eye disease or those with normal vision, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
In the February 2004 issue of the journal Ophthalmology, the investigators reported on a study involving 25 students, ages 12-20, from the Missouri School for the Blind and 12 students with normal sight from the Thomas Jefferson School, a boarding school in suburban St. Louis. The visually impaired students were divided into two ...