Reduced daytime intramuscular blood flow in patients with restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 640-643

  Oskarsson, Eva ^a   Ulfberg, Jan ^b   Wåhlin Larsson, Britta ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Capio Health Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

intramuscular blood flow; laser Doppler flowmetry; microvascular disease; restless legs syndrome; Willis Ekbom disease

Indexed keywords

PRAMIPEXOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MICROCIRCULATION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905264996     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12170     Document Type: Article

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