Restless legs syndrome: A comprehensive overview on its epidemiology, risk factors, and treatment

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 987-1007

  Yeh, Paul ^a   Walters, Arthur S ^b   Tsuang, John W ^c  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Restless legs syndrome; RLS; RLS and geography; RLS and race; RLS epidemiology; RLS risk factors; RLS treatment

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; GABAPENTIN; GABAPENTIN ENACARBIL; IRON; LEVODOPA; OXYCODONE; PRAMIPEXOLE; PREGABALIN; ROPINIROLE; ROTIGOTINE; TEMAZEPAM;

AGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DROWSINESS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON INTAKE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875181382     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-011-0606-x     Document Type: Review

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