| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 88 pages) : illustrations |
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illustration |
| Series |
Oxford neurology library |
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Oxford neurology library.
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| Contents |
The historical basis of restless legs syndrome / K. Ray Chaudhuri and Sharon Muzerengi -- What causes restless legs syndrome? / Luigi Ferini-Strambi -- Epidemiology -- Quality of life / K. Ray Chaudhuri and Sharon Muzerengi -- Differential diagnosis / K. Ray Chaudhuri, David Rye, and Sharon Muzerengi -- Secondary RLS / William Ondo -- Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder / K. Ray Chaudhuri and Sharon Muzerengi -- Illustrative case reports / K. Ray Chaudhuri, Sharon Muzerengi, and William Ondo -- Future directions / D. Rye and K. Ray Chaudhuri |
| Summary |
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 "most common disorder you've never heard of" and this may, unfortunately, be an appropriate description of RLS. The term "restless leg syndrome" was first introduced by Karl-Axel Ekbom, a Swedish neurologist and surgeon in 1945. RLS can present itself in primary are and secondary care, across a range of specialties, such as psychiatry, rheumatology, and sleep medicine, and in the UK, the condition remains under-recognized and often regarded as a neurosis in spite of evidence that RLS adversely affects quality of life. Inappropriate clinical history taking leads to misdiagnosis and under diagnosis and a sense that the condition may be a "manufactured" one |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Restless legs syndrome.
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Restless Legs Syndrome
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Sleep & Sleep Disorders.
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Restless legs syndrome
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chaudhuri, K. Ray
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Ferini-Strambi, Luigi
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Rye, David Bruce, 1959-
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| LC no. |
2007039091 |
| ISBN |
9780191552960 |
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0191552968 |
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0191739987 |
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9780191739989 |
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0199607109 |
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9780199607105 |
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1283582112 |
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9781283582117 |
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9786613894564 |
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6613894567 |
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