We were highly surprised on reading the recent article by Peralta et al., 1 in which an augmented prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) has been reported, without mentioning at all (and consequently having excluded) the well-established conditions causi
Linking restless legs syndrome with Parkinson's disease: clinical, imaging and genetic evidence
β Scribed by Tasneem Peeraully; Eng-King Tan
- Book ID
- 115028123
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2047-9158
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