Validation of the Johns Hopkins restless legs severity scale

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-242

  Allen, Richard P ^a   Earley, Christopher J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Periodic leg movements of sleep per hour; Polysomnogram; Restless legs syndrome; RLS severity; Scale; Sleep; Sleep efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035745876     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(00)00080-0     Document Type: Article

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