Motor pattern of periodic limb movements in sleep in idiopathic RLS patients

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Plazzi, G ^a   Vetrugno, R ^a   Meletti, S ^a   Provini, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motor pattern; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT IN SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SPINAL CORD; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0036863770     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(02)00146-6     Document Type: Article

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