Restless legs syndrome in subjects with a knee prosthesis: Evidence that symptoms are generated in the periphery

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1955-1959

  Pereira Jr , José Carlos ^a   da Silva Neto, João Luiz Pereira ^a   Pradella Hallinan, Márcia ^b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE JUNDIAÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Knee prosthesis; Restless legs syndrome; RLS pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PRAMIPEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEAL NERVE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 81555202000     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011001100017     Document Type: Article

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