Normal regional brain iron concentration in restless legs syndrome measured by MRI

Nature and Science of Sleep

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 19-22

  Knake, Susanne ^a   Heverhagen, Johannes T ^b   Menzler, Katja ^a   Keil, Boris ^b   Oertel, Wolfgang H ^a   Stiasny Kolster, Karin ^a  

^a Center of Nervous Diseases   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iron; MRI; Pathophysiology; Restless legs syndrome; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054773956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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