Increased prevalence of restless legs syndrome in patients with acromegaly and effects on quality of life assessed by Acro-QoL

Pituitary

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-334

  Cannavo S ^a   Condurso, R ^a   Ragonese, M ^a   Ferrau F ^a   Alibrandi, A ^a   Arico I ^a   Romanello, G ^a   Squadrito, S ^a   Trimarchi, F ^a   Silvestri, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; AcroQoL; Pituitary; Quality of life; Restless leg syndrome; Sleep apnoea syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP QUALITY; SOMNOLENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 80053894035     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-011-0298-z     Document Type: Article

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