High prevalence of restless legs syndrome in somatoform pain disorder

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-57

  Aigner, Martin ^a   Prause, Wolfgang ^a   Freidl, Marion ^a   Weiss, Maria ^a   Izadi, Shahriar ^a   Bach, Michael ^a   Saletu, Bernd ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Restless legs syndrome; Sleep disorder; Somatoform pain disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SOMATOFORM PAIN DISORDER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 33847100557     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-006-0684-0     Document Type: Article

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