Genital restlessness (vulvodynia) events accompanying restless legs syndrome

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-396

  Akcali, Aylin ^a   Ferini Strambi, Luigi ^b   Kaynak, Hakan ^c   Karadeniz, Derya ^c   Akcali, Cenk ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LETTER; OVARIECTOMY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SNORING; VULVODYNIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 64549132974     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.03.006     Document Type: Letter

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