Clinically significant but unsuspected restless legs syndrome in patients with sleep apnea

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 501-503

  Lakshminarayanan, Sowmya ^a,b   Paramasivan, Kanchana Devi ^a,b   Walters, Arthur S ^a,b   Wagner, Mary L ^c   Patel, Shivani ^c   Passi, Vandna ^c  

^a New Jersey Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Polysomnography; Prospective study; Restless legs syndrome; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 20344368840     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20366     Document Type: Article

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