Prevalence of restless legs syndrome among native South Americans residing in coastal and mountainous areas

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1345-1347

  Castillo, Pablo R ^a,d   Kaplan, Joseph ^b   Lin, Siong Chi ^b   Fredrickson, Paul A ^b   Mahowald, Mark W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEASHORE; SOUTH AMERICA; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33749248147     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.10.1345     Document Type: Article

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