Is neuropathy involved with restless legs syndrome in Machado-Joseph disease?

European Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 200-203

  Pedroso, José Luiz ^a   Bezerra, Márcio Luiz Escórcio ^a   Braga Neto, Pedro ^a   Pinheiro, Denise Spinola ^a   Minett, Thais ^a   Do Prado, Gilmar Fernandes ^a   Manzano, Gilberto Mastrocola ^a   Barsottini, Orlando Graziani Povoas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Machado Joseph disease; Neuropathy; Restless legs syndrome; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80054925951     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331008     Document Type: Article

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