The high frequency of restless legs syndrome in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-306

  Limousin, Nadège ^a   Blasco, Hélène ^b   Corcia, Philippe ^a,b   Arnulf, Isabelle ^c   Praline, Julien ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; International Restless Leg Severity Scale; restless legs syndrome; sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BED; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 79959687352     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2011.557736     Document Type: Article

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