Clinical characteristics and associated comorbidities in diabetic patients with restless legs syndrome

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 496-499

  Greco, D ^a   Gambina, F ^a   Pisciotta, M ^a   Abrignani, M ^a   Maggio, F ^a  

^a S Biagio Hospital Marsala (TP)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome; Peripheral neuropathy; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EDUCATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 71049152839     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1220739     Document Type: Article

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