Prevalences of periodic limb movement-like and restless legs-like symptoms among Japanese adults

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 296-298

  Kageyama, Takayuki ^a   Kabuto, Michinori ^b   Nitta, Hiroshi ^b   Kurokawa, Yoshika ^b   Taira, Kazuhiko ^c   Suzuki, Shosuke ^d   Takemoto, Tai Ichiro ^e  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Periodic limb movement disorder; Prevalence; Questionnaire; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 0033919982     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00685.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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