Idiopathic restless legs syndrome: Abnormalities in central somatosensory processing

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 977-982

  Schattschneider, Jörn ^a   Bode, Andre ^a   Wasner, Gunnar ^a   Binder, Andreas ^a   Deuschl, Günther ^a   Baron, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

RLS; Small fibre neuropathy; Somatosensory processing

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE FUNCTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEX; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 4344593860     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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