Sensory profile in primary restless legs syndrome and restless legs syndrome associated with small fibre neuropathy
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brain
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0006-8950,1460-2156
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq291