The phantom of the night: Restless legs syndrome in amputees

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 968-972

  Giummarra, Melita J ^a   Bradshaw, John L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROPATHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REST; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPINE POSITION; WALKING;

AGED; AMPUTEES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOM LIMB; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 77951621529     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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