Restless legs may be associated with the post-polio syndrome

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-75

  De Grandis, Elisa ^a,b   Mir, Pablo ^a,c   Edwards, Mark J ^a   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Poliomyelitis; Post polio syndrome; Restless legs syndrome; Secondary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 63049093658     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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