Restless legs syndrome and pregnancy in Kayseri, Turkey: A hospital based survey

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-143

  Ismailogullari, Sevda ^a   Ozturk, Ahmet ^b   Mazicioglu, Mümtaz M ^b   Serin, Serdar ^c   Gultekin, Murat ^a   Aksu, Murat ^a  

^a Departments of Neurology   (Turkey)

^b Erciyes University ^*  (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Prevalence; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77953214860     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2010.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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