Validation of an algorithm for the diagnosis of Restless Legs Syndrome: The Restless Legs Syndrome-Diagnostic Index (RLS-DI)

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 515-523

  Beneš, Heike ^a   Kohnen, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Restless Legs Syndrome; RLS; Structured interview; Urge to move; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME DIAGNOSTIC INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67349172926     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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