Periodic Limb Movement Disorder

Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 483-486

  Khassawneh, Basheer Y ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS); Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD); Surface electromyography (EMG)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856817914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0471751723.ch62     Document Type: Chapter

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