Perceived severity of restless legs syndrome across the female life cycle

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 799-802

  Ghorayeb, Imad ^a   Bioulac, Bernard ^a   Scribans, Cédric ^a   Tison, François ^b  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hormones; Iron; Menopause; Menses; Pregnancy; Restless legs syndrome; Severity; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLIMACTERIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51549106667     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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