Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of clonidine in restless legs syndrome

Sleep

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-58

  Wagner, M L ^a   Walters, A S ^a,c   Coleman, R G ^a   Hening, W A ^b,c   Grasing, K ^b   Chokroverty, S ^b,c,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Periodic limb movements in sleep; Restless legs syndrome; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; PD 0915; PD 1172; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SKIN SENSATION; SLEEP PATTERN;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0030054337     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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