Effectiveness of ropinirole for RLS and depressive symptoms in an 11-year-old girl

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-261

  Cortese, Samuele ^a,b   Konofal, Eric ^a,c   Lecendreux, Michel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b GB Rossi Hospital   (Italy)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Childhood; Depression; Iron; PLMS; RLS; Ropinirole

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; ROPINIROLE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDREN DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSTHYMIA; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RATING SCALE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISTURBANCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN;

CHILD; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOLES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60849109969     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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