Epidemiology of restless legs syndrome in Turkish adults on the western Black Sea coast of Turkey: A door-to-door study in a rural area

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-86

  Taşdemir, Mustafa ^a   Erdoǧan, Hülya ^b   Börü, Ülkü Türk ^b   Dilaver, Elif ^b   Kumaş, Ayşegül ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Co morbidity; Prevalence; Restless legs syndrome; Rural; Severity; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANEMIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73149090317     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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