Restless legs syndrome in institutionalized elderly

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 2 B, 2008, Pages 328-330

  Dantas, Fábio Galvão ^a,b,c   Medeiros, Jovany Luis Alves ^a,b   Farias, Kelly Soares ^a,b   Ribeiro, Clarissa Dantas ^a,d  

^a Departamento de Fisioterapia   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d UEPB

Author keywords

Elderly; Prevalence; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 47749143647     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000300008     Document Type: Article

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