Restless legs syndrome and multiple sclerosis: A population based case-control study in Catania, Sicily

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1018-1021

  Bruno, E ^a   Nicoletti, A ^a   Messina, S ^a   Lo Fermo, S ^a   Raciti, L ^a   Quattrocchi, G ^a   Dibilio, V ^a   Paradisi, V ^b   Maimone, D ^c   Patti, F ^a   Zappia, M ^a   Amato, Salvatore ^d   Cappello, Giovanni ^d   Ciancio, Marco ^d   Di Gregorio, Carmelo ^d   D'Urso, Maurizio ^d   Fidelbo, Melchiorre ^d   Marotta, Giovanni ^d   Persano, Concetta ^d   Polizzi, Valeria ^d   Profeta, Gaetano ^d   Rizzo, Antonino ^d   Salvo, Anna ^d   Spada, Giuseppa ^d   Travaglianti, Guglielmo ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Italian Society of General Medicine (SIMG)   (Italy)

^c GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Case control; Multiple sclerosis; Prevalence; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD LESION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK; SICILY;

EID: 84928368516     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12409     Document Type: Article

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