PND17 TREATMENT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME IN ITALY

Is preeclampsia associated with restless legs syndrome?

OBJECTIVE Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common neurologic disorder. Secondary RLS includes pregnancy and iron deficiency. Prevalence of RLS in pregnancy ranges from 11% to 27%. We aimed to assess the frequency and characteristics of RLS in pregnancy in a Peruvian population and to evaluate the possible pregnancy or delivery complications due to RLS. METHODS We assessed 218 consecutive exp...

Sensory profile in primary restless legs syndrome and restless legs syndrome associated with small fibre neuropathy.

Sir, The association of restless legs syndrome with polyneuropathy, especially with involvement of small sensory fibres, is suggested by several observations (Iannaccone et al., 1995; Polydefkis et al., 2000; Gemignani et al., 2006); however, it is still controversial (Hattan et al., 2009). Bachmann et al. (2010) investigated 34 consecutive outpatients with restless legs syndrome from their Mov...

Restless Legs Syndrome Prevalence in Major Thalasemia Tabriz Children Hospital

Restless Legs Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment and Pathophysiology

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restless legs syndrome: associated risk factors in hemodialysis patients

conclusions we conclude that a significant percentage of esrd patients undergoing maintenance hd have severe or very severe rls symptoms. the presence of rls is associated to longer durations of dialysis. results of the 139 hd patients enrolled in this study, 60 were female (43.2%) and 79 were male (56.8%), with a mean age of 51.82 ± 13.31 years. the prevalence of rls was 15.8% (22 patients), w...