Physostigmine for the acute treatment of restless legs syndrome

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 726-727

  Alpert, Calvert C ^a   Tobin, D Patrick ^a   Dierdorf, Stephen F ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944510836     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000159376.47974.71     Document Type: Article

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