Restless Legs Syndrome Symptoms in Primary Care: A Prevalence Study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2323-2329

  Nichols, Deborah A ^a,d   Allen, Richard P ^b   Grauke, John H ^c   Brown, John B ^c   Rice, Matthew L ^c   Hyde, Pamela R ^a   Dement, William C ^a   Kushida, Clete A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Moscow Center   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTANA; PREVALENCE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0142181158     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.19.2323     Document Type: Article

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