Restless legs syndrome in post-polio syndrome: A series of 10 patients with demographic, clinical and laboratorial findings

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 563-564

  Marin, Luis F ^a   Carvalho, Luciane B C ^a   Prado, Lucila B F ^a   Quadros, Abrahao A J ^a   Oliveira, Acary S ^a   Prado, Gilmar F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Poliomyelitis; Post polio syndrome; Restless legs syndrome; RLS

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FERRITIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 79960242049     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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