Restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease diagnostic criteria: Updated International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) consensus criteria - history, rationale, description, and significance

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 860-873

  Allen, Richard P ^a   Picchietti, Daniel L ^b   Garcia Borreguero, Diego ^c   Ondo, William G ^d   Walters, Arthur S ^e   Winkelman, John W ^f   Zucconi, Marco ^g   Ferri, Raffaele ^h   Trenkwalder, Claudia ^i,j   Lee, Hochang B ^k  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c SLEEP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

ⁱ Paracelsus Elena Hospital   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^k YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Consensus; Diagnosis; Movement disorder; Neurologic disorder; Restless legs syndrome; Sleep disorder; Willis Ekbom disease

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DSM-5; FAMILY HISTORY; GENDER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF SLEEP DISORDERS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONSET AGE; PAIN; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; ADULT; AGE; CHILD; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HISTORY; MALE; ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; INTERNATIONAL RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME STUDY GROUP; LEG CRAMP; LEG EDEMA; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MOOD DISORDER; MYALGIA; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STRESS; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; VENOUS STASIS; WILLIS EKBOM DISEASE; WORKSHOP;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 84904876933     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.03.025     Document Type: Article

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