Epidemiology of restless legs syndrome in the Iranian population

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-59

  Najafi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Saadatnia, Mohammad ^a   Saffarifard, Abbas ^a   Keyhanian, Kiandokht ^a   Davoudi, Vahid ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology in Iran; Epidemiology in Middle East; Restless legs syndrome; RLS; Sleep disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARAMETER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 78751476128     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2010.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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