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Sleep disorders are frequent in neurodegenerative disorders, but remain underdiagnosed and poorly characterized in WD. Case presentation: We describe the case of a 51-year-old patient with WD presenting predominantly with neurological symptoms, who underwent routine video-polysomnography (v-PSG). The examination revealed shortened sleep latency, reduced rapid eye movement (REM) sleep latency, and sleep fragmentation\u2014features of sleep architecture frequently observed in narcolepsy. These abnormalities worsened at follow-up despite the introduction of anti-copper treatment and concomitant neurological improvement. However, the patient did not report clinical symptoms of narcolepsy, and none were confirmed by the evaluating sleep specialist. Conclusions: This case highlights that sleep disorders (SDs) are common in patients with WD. Such patients may experience a wide range of SDs, and anti-copper treatment may improve sleep quality in addition to alleviating neurological symptoms. Narcolepsy is a rare but possible manifestation of SDs in WD. Therefore, whenever symptoms suggestive of sleep disturbances occur, WD patients should be referred to a sleep specialist, as accurate diagnosis and targeted treatment may profoundly improve quality of life, daily functioning, and long-term disease management.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics15212771","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,3]],"date-time":"2025-11-03T13:55:22Z","timestamp":1762178122000},"page":"2771","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Altered Sleep Patterns in Wilson\u2019s Disease Including Shortened REM Latency"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9424-1873","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jan Pawe\u0142","family":"Bembenek","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Sobieskiego 9, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2670-9651","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tomasz","family":"Litwin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit and Rehabilitation Subunit, Wolski Hospital, 01-211 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0755-7309","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Agnieszka","family":"Antos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Second Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wojciech","family":"Jernajczyk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Sobieskiego 9, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1428","DOI":"10.1002\/hep.32805","article-title":"A multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of Wilson disease: Executive summary of the 2022 Practice Guidance on Wilson disease from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases","volume":"77","author":"Schilsky","year":"2023","journal-title":"Hepatology"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"48","DOI":"10.1016\/j.parkreldis.2018.01.007","article-title":"Long-term outcome of neurological Wilson\u2019s disease","volume":"29","author":"Heffter","year":"2018","journal-title":"Park. 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