Cortical involvement in the generation of "involuntary" movements in restless legs syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 998-1000

  Rau, Cornelia ^a   Hummel, Friedhelm ^a   Gerloff, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSORY EVALUATION; SYMPTOM; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 1842614320     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000115389.37555.CA     Document Type: Article

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