Prevalence of restless legs syndrome in patients with chronic pain in Maputo, Mozambique

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1417-1418

  Ferreira, K F ^a   Eckeli, A ^a   Dach, F ^a   Schwalbach, M T ^b   Schwalbach, J ^b   Speciali, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Africa; Chronic pain; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Neuropathic pain; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; MYALGIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; VISCERAL PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AFRICA; CHRONIC PAIN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

AIDS-ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; NEURALGIA; PREVALENCE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 84888135434     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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