Are periodic leg movements associated with clinical sleep disturbance?

Sleep

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-223

  Mendelson, Wallace B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Myoclonus; Nocturnal myoclonus; Periodic leg movement disorder; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0029993689     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/19.3.219     Document Type: Article

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