The resurrection of periodic limb movements (PLM): Leg activity monitoring and the restless legs syndrome (RLS)

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 385-387

  Allen, Richard P ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; LEVODOPA; PLACEBO;

AGING; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; LEG; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 24344443658     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2005.05.011     Document Type: Editorial

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