Case of a non‐24 h sleep–wake syndrome patient improved by phototherapy

@article{Watanabe2000CaseOA,
  title={Case of a non‐24 h sleep–wake syndrome patient improved by phototherapy},
  author={T. Watanabe and Naofumi Kajimura and M. Kato and Masanori Sekimoto and Toru Hori and K. Takahashi},
  journal={Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences},
  year={2000},
  volume={54}
}
Polysomnography (PSG) and body temperature were examined in a patient with non‐24 h sleep–wake syndrome who responded to phototherapy. The patient was a 17‐year‐old male who had been suffering from a free‐running sleep–wake rhythm for 2 months. Phototherapy was administered to the patient while he was admitted to our hospital. This treatment immediately changed the free‐running sleep–wake and body temperature rhythm of the patient to the environmental 24‐h rhythm. On a polysomnography, total… 
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