Prevalence of Restless Legs Syndrome in Adult ADHD and Its Subtypes

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 480-488

  Snitselaar, Mark A ^a   Smits, Marcel G ^b   Spijker, Jan ^c,d  

^a Pro Persona Institute for Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^b GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Pro Persona Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 84945208210     PISSN: 15402002     EISSN: 15402010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2015.1018386     Document Type: Article

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