The high prevalence of restless legs syndrome symptoms in liver disease in an academic-based hepatology practice

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-49

  Franco, Rose A ^a,b   Ashwathnarayan, Ramesh ^a   Deshpandee, Arshana ^a   Knox, Joshua ^a   Daniel, Jack ^a   Eastwood, Daniel ^a   Franco, Jose ^a   Saeian, Kia ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FEC Medical Office Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Liver disease; Quality of life; RLS; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 43549110946     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27078     Document Type: Article

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