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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819476903321

Titolo

Restless legs syndrome / / edited by K. Ray Chaudhuri, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, David Rye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-173998-7

0-19-960710-9

1-283-58211-2

9786613894564

0-19-155296-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (101 p.)

Collana

Oxford neurology library

Altri autori (Persone)

ChaudhuriK. Ray

Ferini-StrambiLuigi

RyeDavid Bruce <1959->

Disciplina

616.8/498

Soggetti

Restless legs syndrome

Sleep disorders

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 The historical basis of restless legs syndrome; 2 What causes restless legs syndrome?; 3 Epidemiology; 4 Symptoms and health-related quality of life; 5 Differential diagnosis of restless legs syndrome; 6 Secondary restless legs syndrome; 7 Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder; 8 Illustrative case reports; 9 Future directions; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Ekbom syndrome, is a common movement disorder with sensorimotor symptoms occurring during sleep and quiet wakefulness. Yoakum described RLS as the ""the most common disorder you've never heard of"" and this may, unfortunately, be an appropriate description of RLS. The term ""restless legs syndrome was first introduced by Karl-Axel Ekbom, a Swedish neurologist and surgeon in 1945. RLS can present in the primary care and secondary care, acrossa range of specialities such as psychiatry, rheumatology and sleep medicine, and in the UK, the condition remai