Restless legs syndrome in opioid dependent patients

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-87

  Ghosh, Abhishek ^a   Basu, Debasish ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Dopamine; opioid dependence syndrome; restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894816030     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.127262     Document Type: Article

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