A questionnaire study of 138 patients with restless legs syndrome: The 'night-walkers' survey

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 92-95

  Walters, A S ^a,c   Hickey, K ^a   Maltzman, J ^a   Verrico, T ^b   Joseph, D ^b   Hening, W ^a,c   Wilson, V ^d   Chokroverty, S ^a,c,e  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Restless Legs Syndrome Found Inc   (United States)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; REMISSION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SKIN IRRITATION;

EID: 0029938217     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.1.92     Document Type: Article

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