The association of Restless Legs Syndrome with hypertension and cardiovascular disease

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 654-659

  Katsi, Vasiliki ^a   Katsimichas, Themistoklis ^a   Kallistratos, Manolis S ^b   Tsekoura, Dora ^a   Makris, Thomas ^c   Manolis, Athanasios J ^b   Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a   Kallikazaros, Ioannis ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c HELENA VENIZELOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Coronary artery disease; Dopamine; Hypertension; Restless Legs Syndrome; Stroke

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FERRITIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEVODOPA; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NEUROMELANIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINERGIC DYSFUNCTION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRON DEFICIENCY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; UNPLEASANT SENSATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 84899147135     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.890252     Document Type: Review

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