Family study of restless legs syndrome in Quebec, Canada: Clinical characterization of 671 familial cases

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 617-622

  Xiong, Lan ^a   Montplaisir, Jacques ^b   Desautels, Alex ^a,b   Barhdadi, Amina ^c   Turecki, Gustavo ^d   Levchenko, Anastasia ^a   Thibodeau, Pascale ^a   Dubé, Marie Pierre ^c   Gaspar, Claudia ^a   Rouleau, Guy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RELATIVE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; SLEEP; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952228996     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.67     Document Type: Article

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