Restless legs syndrome: Diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology. A report from the restless legs syndrome diagnosis and epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of Health

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-119

  Allen, Richard P ^a   Picchietti, Daniel ^b   Hening, Wayne A ^c   Trenkwalder, Claudia ^d   Walters, Arthur S ^e   Montplaisi, Jacques ^f   Bara Jimenez, William ^g   Becker, Philip ^h   Bell, Georgianna ⁱ   Berger, Klaus ^j   Bliwise, Donald L ^k   Brooks, David ^l   Consens, Flavia ^m   Earley, Christopher J ^a   Ehrenberg, Bruce L ⁿ   Foley, Daniel ^o   Murray, Catherine Friederich ⁱ   Garcia Borreguero, Diego ^p   Hallett, Mark ^g   Hornyak, Magdolna ^q   Hunt, Carl E ^r   Kushida, Clete ^s   Kurth, Tobias ^t   Launer, Lenore ^o   Monjan, Andrew ^o   Nichols, Paul ^g   Rye, David B ^k   Sharon, Denise ^u   Streiner, David L ^v   Winkelman, John W ^al   Winkelmann, Juliane ^w   Zak, Rochelle ^x   Adler, Charles ^y   Benes, Heike ^z   Chokroverty, Sudhansu ^aa   Ekbom, Karl ^ab   Frauscher, Birgit ^ac   Högl, Birgit ^ac   Kryger, Meir ^ad   Montagna, Pasquale ^ae   Oertel, Wolfgang ^af   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^ae   Poceta, J Steven ^ag   Silber, Michael ^ah   Stiasny, Karin ^af   Tolosa, Eduardo ^ai   Tufik, Sergio ^aj   de Mello, Marco Tulio ^aj   Zucconi, Marco ^ak   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e New Jersey Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^f HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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

^h PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

ⁱ RLS Foundation   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^k EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁿ TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^p Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^r NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^s STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^u TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^w Newton Center   (United States)

^x NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^y MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^z Medizinisches Zentrum Schwerin   (Germany)

^aa NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^ab KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^ad ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^af PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^ag SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^ah MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^aj FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^ak VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^al NONE

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Author keywords

Consensus; Movement disorder; Neurologic disorder; Periodic limb movement disorder; Periodic limb movements of sleep; Sleep; Sleep disorder

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ERGOLINE DERIVATIVE; LEVODOPA; PERGOLIDE; PRAMIPEXOLE; ROPINIROLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; STANDARDIZATION; WORKSHOP;

EID: 0037738587     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(03)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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