Restless legs syndrome in multiple sclerosis: A case-control study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 697-701

  Deriu, Marcello ^a   Cossu, Giovanni ^a   Molari, Andrea ^a   Murgia, Damiela ^a   Mereu, Alessandra ^b   Ferrigno, Paola ^a   Manca, Davide ^a   Contu, Paolo ^b   Melis, Maurizio ^a  

^a AOB S Michele General Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence; RLS; Symptomatic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LEG WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMNOLENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREMOR; WEAKNESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67651148289     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22431     Document Type: Article

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