A preliminary look at the percentage of patients with Restless Legs Syndrome who also have Parkinson Disease, Essential Tremor or Tourette Syndrome in a single practice [1]

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-345

  Walters, Arthur S ^a,b,c   LeBrocq, Cheryl ^a,b   Passi, Vandna ^d   Patel, Shivani ^d   Hanna, Philip A ^a,b   Cohen, Barry ^e   Wagner, Mary ^d  

^a NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TREMOR;

EID: 0347517769     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0962-1105.2003.00368.x     Document Type: Letter

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