Improvement of periodic limb movements following kidney transplantation

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Beecroft, Jaime M ^a   Zaltzman, Jeffery ^b   Prasad, G V Ramesh ^b   Meliton, Galo ^b   Hanly, Patrick J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c 1421 Health Sciences Center ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Kidney transplantation; Periodic limb movements; Polysomnography; Renal transplant; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB MOVEMENT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY;

EID: 47949115029     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000145456     Document Type: Article

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