Restless legs syndrome prevalence and impact: REST general population study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1286-1292

  Allen, Richard P ^a   Walters, Arthur S ^b,c   Montplaisir, Jacques ^d   Hening, Wayne ^e   Myers, Andrew ^f   Bell, Timothy J ^g,i   Ferini Strambi, Luigi ^h  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Premark Services Ltd Shepherds   (United Kingdom)

^g RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^h VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SHORT FORM 36; ADOLESCENT; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21744445935     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.11.1286     Document Type: Article

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