State dependent excitability changes of spinal flexor reflex in patients with restless legs syndrome secondary to chronic renal failure

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 427-430

  Aksu, Murat ^a   Bara Jimenez, William ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexor withdrawal reflex; Restless legs syndrome; Uremia

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DOPAMINE; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE TRACT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL REFLEX; WAKEFULNESS; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0036750797     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(02)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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