The treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 970-999

  Hening, Wayne ^a,f   Allen, Richard ^b   Earley, Christopher ^b   Kushida, Clete ^c   Picchietti, Daniel ^d   Silber, Michael ^e  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARLE CLINIC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BACLOFEN; BENSERAZIDE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; GABAPENTIN; IRON OXIDE; LEVODOPA; METHADONE; NITRAZEPAM; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PERGOLIDE; PLACEBO; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROTHERAPY; VERTIGO;

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