Two early descriptions of restless legs syndrome and periodic leg movements by Boissier de Sauvages (1763) and Gilles de la Tourette (1898)

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 586-591

  Konofal, Eric ^a,b   Karroum, Elias ^a,b   Montplaisir, Jacques ^a,b   Derenne, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Arnulf, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxietas tibiarum; Anxiety in the lower limbs; Boissier de Sauvages; Gilles de la Tourette; Periodic leg movements; PLM; Restless legs syndrome; RLS; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INSOMNIA; LEG MOVEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; NIGHT SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYMPTOM; WAKEFULNESS;

FRANCE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 67349210629     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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