Transcranial sonography in restless legs syndrome

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 90, Issue C, 2010, Pages 199-215

  Godau, Jana ^a   Sojer, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Iron; Raphe; Red nucleus; Restless legs syndrome; Substantia nigra; Transcranial ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IRON; LEVODOPA; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; BRAIN STEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON METABOLISM; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 77955371309     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(10)90015-9     Document Type: Chapter

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