Restless legs syndrome (RLS) - Extremely underdiagnosed;Restless-legs-syndrom (RLS) - Weit unterdiagnostiziert

Psychiatrische Praxis, Supplement

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Popp, Roland ^a,c,d   Frick, Ulrich ^a   Barta, Winfried ^a   Tracik, Ferenc ^a,b   Geisler, Peter ^a   Hajak, Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Novartis GmbH Deutschland   (Germany)

^c CARINTHIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; General health; Prevalence; RLS

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 33847772319     PISSN: 16118332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-940152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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