Electrophysiological pattern of involuntary limb movements in the restless legs syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-162

  Trenkwalder, Claudia ^b   Bucher, Stefan F ^a   Oertel, Wolfgang H ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

myoclonus; periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS); restless legs syndrome (RLS); sleep disorders; surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; BENSERAZIDE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 0030033386     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199602)19:2<155::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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