BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The relationship between right-to-left shunts (RLS) and migraine and cryptogenic stroke is not well understood. In this study, we investigated whether RLS are associated with impairment of dynamic cerebral autoregulation (dCA), which may play a role in migraine and cryptogenic stroke. METHODS Sixty-six migraineurs were enrolled in the study, including 36 non-RLS patient...

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common neurological condition, frequently idiopathic, sometimes associated with specific disorders such as iron deficiency. We investigated RLS prevalence in celiac disease (CD), an autoimmune disease characterized by several features such as malabsorption-related iron deficiency anemia and peripheral neuropathy. We screened a population of 100 adult CD patient...

Objective/Background Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a dopamine-dependent disorder characterized by a strong urge to move. The objective of this study was to evalulate blood levels of dopamine and other catecholamines and blood D2-subtype dopamine receptors (D2Rs) in RLS. Patients/Methods Dopamine levels in blood samples from age-matched unmedicated RLS subjects, medicated RLS subjects and Co...

The aim of this study is evaluating iron, ferritin, and transferrin in both serum and CSF in patients of restless legs syndrome (RLS), based on the hypothesis that iron deficiency in the central nervous system (CNS) causes the symptoms as a result of the dysfunction of dopaminergic systems. These parameters, polysomnographic sleep measures, and subjective evaluation of the sleep quality were co...

BACKGROUND Restless leg syndrome (RLS) has negative effects on the quality of life of the patients. Epidemiological studies on RLS are limited. AIM To determine the prevalence of RLS among people aged 40 years and above in Orhangazi district of Bursa, Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was carried out between 2004 and 2005. This population-based study was conducted in two phases. In th...

BACKGROUND Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is the most common movement disorder in pregnancy, which can be idiopathic or secondary. There are limited comparative data regarding these two forms of RLS. The aim of this study was to compare clinical features of idiopathic and secondary RLS in pregnant women. METHODS Over a period of 3 months, 443 women who admitted for delivery in two clinical cent...

BACKGROUND Extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn's disease (CD) have not previously included the central nervous system (CNS). Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a CNS disorder that is either idiopathic or secondary to a number of diseases. The aim of this study was to determine if RLS was associated with CD because both are associated with iron deficiency, inflammation, and bacterial overgrowth...

Parkinson's disease (PD) populations show that about 20% of patients meet criteria for restless legs syndrome (RLS). Nevertheless, pathological differences suggest RLS may actually prevent PD. Over 15 years, we collected patients with idiopathic RLS preceding onset of PD, as defined by onset of RLS greater than 5 years before motor symptoms of PD, or a family history of RLS and onset of RLS at ...