Cardiovascular risk and mortality in end-stage renal disease patients with restless legs syndrome; need for further investigation and looking for underlying mechanisms

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 385-386

  Gholamrezaei, Ali ^a   Amra, Babak ^a   Mortazavi, Mojgan ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; OBESITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP QUALITY; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875618714     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.11.015     Document Type: Letter

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