Restless legs syndrome—new insights into clinical characteristics, pathophysiology, and treatment options

Clinical, polysomnographic, and genetic

Clinical, polysomnographic, and genetic characteristics of restless legs syndrome: A study of 133 patients diagnosed with new standard criteria

✍ Dr. Jacques Montplaisir; Sylvie Boucher; Gaétan Poirier; Gilles Lavigne; Odile L 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 503 KB

## Abstract One hundred thirty‐three cases of restless legs syndrome (RLS), diagnosed with criteria recently formulated by an international study group, were studied by questionnaire and with all‐night polysomnographic recordings. Results show that RLS starts at a mean age of 27.2 years and before