Genetics of restless legs syndrome: A burning urge to move

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 664-665

  Winkelmann, Juliane ^a   Müller Myhsok, Bertram ^a  

^a Institute of Anthropology and Human Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; PHENOTYPE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 40349110722     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000302178.53759.92     Document Type: Editorial

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