Prevalence and impact of restless legs syndrome in pregnancy

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 366-371

  Minár, Michal ^a   Habánov́a, Hana ^b   Rusňák, Igor ^b   Planck, Karol ^b   Valkovič, Peter ^a,c  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Prevalence; Restless legs syndrome; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84885005395     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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