Restless legs syndrome (RLS) with expansion of symptoms to the face

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-190

  Buchfuhrer, Mark J ^a  

^a Downey Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Expansion of RLS symptoms to the face; Facial symptoms; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CLONAZEPAM; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; METHADONE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; ROPINIROLE; SERTRALINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; FACE DISORDER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MASSAGE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FACE; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38149107457     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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