Restless legs syndrome: Pathophysiology and clinical aspects

Schweizer Archiv fur Neurologie und Psychiatrie

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 349-357

  Sforza, Emilia ^a,d   Mathis, J ^b   Bassetti, C L ^c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d HUG Hôpital Belle Idée   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Periodic leg movements; Restless legs syndrome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENSERAZIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CABERGOLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GABAPENTIN; IRON; LEVODOPA; NITRAZEPAM; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYCODONE; PERGOLIDE; PRAMIPEXOLE; ROPINIROLE; TEMAZEPAM;

ATAXIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLING; FLUID RETENTION; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INSOMNIA; IRON METABOLISM; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; NAUSEA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NIGHTMARE; NOSE CONGESTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYNEUROPATHY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REBOUND; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0345304245     PISSN: 02587661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/sanp.2003.01413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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