Case series of painful legs and moving toes: Clinical and electrophysiologic observations

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2062-2066

  Alvarez, Maria V ^a   Driver Dunckley, Erika E ^a   Caviness, John N ^a   Adler, Charles H ^a   Evidente, Virgilio Gerald H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Painful hands and moving fingers; Painful legs and moving toes; Painless hands and moving fingers; Painless legs and moving toes; PLMT

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PARACETAMOL; PERPHENAZINE; PREGABALIN; QUETIAPINE; QUININE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE STUDY; CHOREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHY; PAINFUL LEGS AND MOVING TOES SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOES;

EID: 57049161419     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22272     Document Type: Article

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