Levetiracetam and restless leg syndrome;Levetiracetam y síndrome de piernas inquietas

Neurologia

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 395-396

  Santos Lasaosa, Sonia ^a   Larrode Pellicer P ^a   Garcia Fernandez L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROPATHY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PARESTHESIA; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PIRACETAM; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 48149085339     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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