Sex and the Risk of Restless Legs Syndrome in the General Population

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 196-202

  Berger, Klaus ^a   Luedemann, Jan ^b   Trenkwalder, Claudia ^c   John, Ulrich ^b   Kessler, Christof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PARESTHESIA; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0942298195     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.2.196     Document Type: Review

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