Restless Legs Syndrome: A common disorder, but rarely diagnosed and barely treated - an Indian experience

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 838-841

  Gupta, Ravi ^a   Lahan, Vivekananda ^a   Goel, Deepak ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Awareness; General Physicians; Insomnia; Leg pain; Management; Restless Legs Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFESTATION; INSOMNIA; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEX RATIO; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84863874043     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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