Restless legs syndrome and spinal anesthesia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2294-2296

  Crozier, Thomas A ^a   Karimdadian, Desiree ^a   Happe, Svenja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPERIDOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE;

AKATHISIA; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 56749159125     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0806664     Document Type: Letter

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