Restless legs syndrome
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 a...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press
2009.
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Edición: | 1st ed |
Colección: | Oxford neurology library.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797999406719 |
Sumario: | 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 |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (101 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780191739989 9780199607105 9781283582117 9786613894564 9780191552960 |