MRI-determined regional brain iron concentrations in early- and late-onset restless legs syndrome

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 458-461

  Earley, Christopher J ^a   B Barker, Peter ^a   Horská, Alena ^a   Allen, Richard P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Age; Early onset; Iron; Late onset; MRI; Restless legs syndrome; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FRONTAL LOBE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RATING SCALE; RED NUCLEUS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYMPTOM; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 33746774822     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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