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Restless Leg Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disease Pathophysiology. [PDF]
Sleep Med Clin, 2015 Restless leg syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease has brain iron deficiency that produces excessive dopamine and known genetic risks, some of which contribute to the brain iron deficiency. Dopamine treatments work temporarily but may eventually produce further postsynaptic down-regulation and worse restless leg syndrome. This article includes sections focused
Allen RP.
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Willis-Ekbom disease is not associated with poor cardiovascular health in adults. [PDF]
J Negat Results Biomed, 2015 Willis-Ekbom disease (WED), also called restless legs syndrome (RLS), is a neurologic sensorimotor disease that may be associated with cardiovascular disease. Given high morbidity and mortality rates of cardiovascular disease worldwide, we assessed the relation between WED/RLS and cardiovascular health risks in a native South American population.
Dredla BK +3 more
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Current Treatment of Willis Ekbom Disease
Türk Uyku Tıbbı Dergisi, 2014 Willis Ekbom Disease (WED) is one of sleep related movements disorders, which is commonly encountered. The treatment of WED has showed many alterations over time.
Selda Korkmaz, Murat Aksu
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Willis-Ekbom Disease Presenting with Genital Symptoms
Türk Uyku Tıbbı Dergisi, 2014 Restless legs syndrome, which recently was coined as Willis-Ekbom disease (WED) is a sleep related movement disorder characterized by an indefinable sense in legs.
Selda Korkmaz, Murat Aksu
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Depth and Distribution of Symptoms in Restless Legs Syndrome/ Willis-Ekbom Disease. [PDF]
J Clin Sleep Med, 2016 To determine the depth and distribution of sensory discomfort in idiopathic restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease (RLS) and RLS concurrent with other leg conditions, specifically peripheral neuropathy, sciatica, leg cramps, and arthritis.RLS subjects (n = 122) were divided into 71 idiopathic RLS and 51 RLS-C, or Comorbid, groups.
Yeh P +9 more
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Restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease in multiple sclerosis: a contributing factor for anxiety, disability, sleep disorder, and quality of life [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2020 Background: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is one of the most common and burdensome sleep disorders in the course of multiple sclerosis (MS). Objective: To evaluate common MS-related symptoms and consequences between groups with and without RLS and ...
Meral Seferoğlu +2 more
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Restless Legs Syndrome and Iron [PDF]
Southeastern European Medical Journal, 2020 Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis-Ekbom disease, is one of the most common neurological disorders that significantly affects quality of life and sleep. It manifests itself in involuntary movements of the lower limbs due to the feeling of
Josipa Pulić
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Ann Indian Acad Neurol, 2014 Objectives: This study was carried out to assess different counteracting strategies used by patients with idiopathic Willis-Ekbom disease (RLS/WED). Whether these strategies were influenced by gender or disease severity was also assessed.
Gupta R +4 more
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A Case of Restless Arm Syndrome and the Effective Use of Gabapentin
Case Reports in Neurological MedicineRestless arm syndrome (RAS) is an uncommon neurological condition that is characterized by an irresistible urge to move the upper limbs, often worse at rest and transiently relieved by movement. RAS is an upper limb variant of restless legs syndrome (RLS)
Jasmine Lim Shimin
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The impact of rotating work schedules, chronotype, and restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease on sleep quality among female hospital nurses and midwives: A cross-sectional survey [PDF]
International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2019 Background: Decreases in subjective sleep quality are prevalent among nurses and midwives engaged in rotating shift work. Objectives: The present study aimed to examine the relationship between differences in work schedules and subjective sleep quality ...
Eto Hiromi +4 more
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