Restless legs syndrome in Korean patients with drug-naïve Parkinson's disease: A nation-wide study

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 355-358

  Shin, Hee Young ^a   Youn, Jinyoung ^a   Yoon, Won Tae ^b   Kim, Ji Sun ^a   Cho, Jin Whan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Drug naive; Iron; Parkinson; Restless legs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; KOREAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH KOREA; TREMOR;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 84874234714     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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