Periodic limb movements during sleep are a frequent finding in patients with Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 244, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 521-526

  Voderholzer, Ulrich ^a   Müller, Norbert ^b   Haag, Clemenz ^b   Riemann, Dieter ^a   Straube, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome; Insomnia; Periodic leg movements during sleep; Periodic limb movements; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PERIODICITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 0030761127     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050136     Document Type: Article

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