Restless legs syndrome in Indian patients having iron deficiency anemia in a tertiary care hospital

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-251

  Rangarajan, Sunad ^a   D'Souza, George Albert ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

India; Iron deficiency anemia; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENORRHAGIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD DONORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROTOPORPHYRINS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; STATISTICS;

EID: 33947634572     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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