When gender matters: Restless legs syndrome. Report of the " RLS and woman" workshop endorsed by the European RLS Study Group

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 297-307

  Manconi, Mauro ^a   Ulfberg, Jan ^b   Berger, Klaus ^c   Ghorayeb, Imad ^d   Wesström, Jan ^b   Fulda, Stephany ^e   Allen, Richard P ^f   Pollmächer, Thomas ^e,g  

^a Civic Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^f KLINIKUM INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Female; Gender; Insomnia; Menopause; Pregnancy; Quality of life; Restless legs syndrome; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRON METABOLISM DISORDER; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84861748772     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.08.006     Document Type: Review

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