Restless legs syndrome / edited by K. Ray Chaudhuri, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, David Rye.

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TextSeries: Oxford neurology libraryPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 88 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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9780191552960
0191552968

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Restless legs syndrome.DDC classification:

616.8/498 22

LOC classification:

RC548.5 .R47 2009eb

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WM 188

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Contents:

The historical basis of restless legs syndrome / K. Ray Chaudhuri and Sharon Muzerengi -- What causes restless legs syndrome? / Luigi Ferini-Strambi -- Epidemiology -- Quality of life / K. Ray Chaudhuri and Sharon Muzerengi -- Differential diagnosis / K. Ray Chaudhuri, David Rye, and Sharon Muzerengi -- Secondary RLS / William Ondo -- Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder / K. Ray Chaudhuri and Sharon Muzerengi -- Illustrative case reports / K. Ray Chaudhuri, Sharon Muzerengi, and William Ondo -- Future directions / D. Rye and K. Ray Chaudhuri.

Summary: Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Ekbom syndrome, is a common movement disorder with sensorimotor symptoms occurring during sleep and quiet wakefulness. Yoakum described RLS as the ""the most common disorder you've never heard of"" and this may, unfortunately, be an appropriate description of RLS. The term ""restless legs syndrome was first introduced by Karl-Axel Ekbom, a Swedish neurologist and surgeon in 1945. RLS can present in the primary care and secondary care, acrossa range of specialities such as psychiatry, rheumatology and sleep medicine, and in the UK, the condition remai

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Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Ekbom syndrome, is a common movement disorder with sensorimotor symptoms occurring during sleep and quiet wakefulness. Yoakum described RLS as the ""the most common disorder you've never heard of"" and this may, unfortunately, be an appropriate description of RLS. The term ""restless legs syndrome was first introduced by Karl-Axel Ekbom, a Swedish neurologist and surgeon in 1945. RLS can present in the primary care and secondary care, acrossa range of specialities such as psychiatry, rheumatology and sleep medicine, and in the UK, the condition remai

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