Is restless legs syndrome associated with cardiovascular disease?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 189-190

  Budhiraja, Rohit ^a,b,c   Quan, Stuart F ^b,c,d  

^a SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; APNEA; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEROPREVALENCE; SMOKING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84873626928     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.11.006     Document Type: Editorial

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