Sleep laboratory diagnosis of restless legs syndrome

European Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 108-113

  Michaud, Martin ^a,b   Paquet, Jean ^a   Lavigne, Gilles ^a,b   Desautels, Alex ^a,b   Montplaisir, Jacques ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discriminant analyses; Immobility; Microarousal; Periodic leg movement during wakefulness; Periodic leg movements during sleep; Restless legs syndrome; Suggested Immobilization Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT; PARAMETER; PERIODICITY; PERSONALITY TEST; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCALE UP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP; STUDY; SUGGESTION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AROUSAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 0036375170     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000062996     Document Type: Article

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