Treatment of restless legs syndrome
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Restless Legs Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment and Pathophysiology
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متن کاملTreatment Options for Idiopathic Restless Legs Syndrome
The emergence of new effective therapies for idiopathic restless legs syndrome (iRLS) or Willis–Ekbom disease (WED) during the last 15 years resulted in an exponential increase of reports regarding this syndrome and, especially, treatment options. In this review, we summarise the main findings related to neuropharmacological aspects and non-pharmacological therapies of idiopathic RLS (iRLS). As...
متن کاملRestless legs syndrome: diagnosis and treatment.
AIM To describe clinical, biochemical and electrophysiological profile in Indian patients with Restless Legs Syndrome. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 84 patients with sleep disorders were evaluated. Eight patients were diagnosed to have RLS. All underwent series of hematological, biochemical investigations and electrophysiological studies. Severity was assessed before and after specific trea...
متن کاملThe restless legs syndrome.
The first description of the restless legs syndrome (RLS) is attributed to Thomas Willis in the 'London Practice of Physick' of 1685 (Ekbom, 1960). Here he wrote 'wherefore to some, when being a bed they betake themselves to sleep, presently in the arms and leggs, leapings and contractions of their tendons, and so great a restlessness and tossings of their members ensue, that the diseased are n...
متن کاملRestless legs syndrome.
Restless legs syndrome is common; it is characterised by an urge to move and usually, but not exclusively, affects the legs. This urge to move is typically accompanied by abnormal sensations, variably described as burning, tingling, aching, or “insects crawling under the skin.” These sensations are transiently or partially relieved by movement, and there is a strong circadian influence—symptoms...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1516-4446
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462006000400012