Defining the phenotype of restless legs syndrome/Willis–Ekbom disease (RLS/WED): a clinical and polysomnographic study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 396-402

  Rinaldi, Fabrizio ^a,b   Galbiati, Andrea ^b,c   Marelli, Sara ^b,c   Cusmai, Maria ^c   Gasperi, Alessandro ^c   Oldani, Alessandro ^b   Zucconi, Marco ^b   Padovani, Alessandro ^a   Ferini Strambi, Luigi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Familial RLS WED; Idiopathic RLS WED; Impulse control and compulsive behaviours; Polysomnography; Restless legs syndrome Willis Ekbom disease

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; PRAMIPEXOLE; PREGABALIN; ROPINIROLE; ROTIGOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP TIME; WILLIS EKBOM DISEASE; AGED; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84957934915     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-015-7994-y     Document Type: Article

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