The term Restless legs syndrome [RLS] was introduced by my father Karl-Axel Ekbom [1]. For several years he had been greatly interested in diseases combined with paresthesia and pain, particularly in the extremities. In 1943 he encountered a peculiar and tormenting type of paresthesia deep in the legs which he had never heard of before. The sensory disturbances proved to be the main symptom of ...
