Prevalence of restless legs syndrome in blood donors

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1451-1455

  Arunthari, Vichaya ^a   Kaplan, Joseph ^a   Fredrickson, Paul A ^a   Lin, Siong Chi ^a   Castillo, Pablo R ^a   Heckman, Michael G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood donation; Restless legs syndrome; Restless legs syndrome diagnostic index

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD DONORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954991026     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23110     Document Type: Article

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