Cerebral generators involved in the pathogenesis of the restless legs syndrome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 639-645

  Bucher, Stefan F ^a,b   Seelos, Klaus C ^a   Oertel, Wolfgang H ^a   Reiser, Maximilian ^a   Trenkwalder, Claudia ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; THALAMUS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RED NUCLEUS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030996046     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410410513     Document Type: Article

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