Role of the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) in the idiopathic restless legs syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 60-63

  Bosco, Domenico ^a   Plastino, Massimiliano ^a   Fava, Antonietta ^b   Ettore, Maria ^a   Bosco, Francesca ^b   Ermio, Caterina ^c   Tallarigo, Federico ^a   Pirritano, Domenico ^b   Consoli, Domenico ^d  

^a Ospedale S Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c S Giovanni Paolo II Hospital   (Italy)

^d Ospedale G Jazzolino   (Italy)

Author keywords

2h OGTT; Restless legs syndrome; Restless legs syndrome and prediabetes; Small fibres neuropathy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSORY NEUROPATHY;

BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREDIABETIC STATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449112660     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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