Restless legs syndrome: A review

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-248

  O'Keeffe, Shaun T ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BROMOCRIPTINE MESILATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; DECARBOXYLASE INHIBITOR; LEVODOPA; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT PLANNING; UREMIA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030021482     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.3.243     Document Type: Review

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