The MSLT: More objections than benefits as a diagnostic gold standard?

摘要

In this issue of SLEEP, Goldbart and colleagues take a closelook at the validity of the results concerning REM latency(RL) and mean sleep latency (MSL) from repeated nocturnalpolysomnographies (NPSG) and multiple sleep latency tests(MSLTs) performed in subjects of the Wisconsin Sleep CohortStudy.1 Since the year 2000, NPSGs and MSLTs in this largecohort study have been performed every four years. In 2006,Mignot et al. reported on the prevalence and correlates ofSOREMPs in 289 males and 267 females.