Evaluation of a screening interview for restless legs syndrome

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-29

  Bourguet, C C ^a   Ober, S K ^b,c,d   Panzner, M P ^b   Baughman, K R ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Mail Code 170W ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Epidemiological research; Reproducibility; Restless legs syndrome; Sensitivity and specificity; Telephone interviews

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NEURALGIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 66849095757     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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