Pregabalin in restless legs syndrome with and without neuropathic pain

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 347-350

  Sommer, M ^a   Bachmann, C G ^a   Liebetanz, K M ^a   Schindehutte J ^a   Tings, T ^a   Paulus, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pregabalin; Restless legs syndrome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LEVODOPA; PRAMIPEXOLE; PREGABALIN; TILIDINE; TRAMADOL;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IRRITABILITY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247862184     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00796.x     Document Type: Review

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