Resumo

HERNANDEZ-BALDERAS, Ma. Adriana  e  RAMOS-PEEK, Jaime. Sleep alterations in fibromialgía. Arch. Neurocien. (Mex., D.F.) [online]. 2005, vol.10, n.1, pp.9-14. ISSN 1028-5938.

Fibromalgia is disease of unknown ethiology that present more frecuently in going women even that at nigth appears a tomy age. The patients have a decrease of melatonin during the night their sleep pattern is changed. We studied ten patients with fibromalgia with poligraphyc studies during sleep and found alternations of phases I and II with many awakening episodes and tierines at the moment of arousal with oncrease of painful symptoms.

Palavras-chave : fibromialgia; sleep disturbance; symptoms; increased study of 10 patients.