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Restless legs syndrome

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 1999 English Publisher:Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Journal:Neurology, volume 53, pages 437-437 (issn: 0028-3878, eissn: 1526-632X,

Authors: N. Galvez-Jimenez; T. Khan; M. Hanson; P. M. Becker;

doi: 10.1212/wnl.53.2.437-d

pmid: 10430455

Restless legs syndrome

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Abstract

To the Editor: We read with interest the articles by Becker et al.1 and Lin et al.2 regarding the effectiveness of pramipexole in the treatment of restless legs syndrome (RLS). Prior to their report, we treated two patients with ropinirole and four patients with pramipexole for drug-resistant primary or secondary RLS. All patients fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for RLS.3 The characteristics of the patients are shown in the accompanying table. There are three men and three women with an average age of 70 years (range 64–85) and duration of illness ranging from 1 to 50 years. All patients had a trial of standard anti-RLS medications with partial or no response. The average …

Keywords

Aged, 80 and over, Male, Syndrome, Middle Aged, Thiazoles, Pramipexole, Restless Legs Syndrome, Dopamine Agonists, Humans, Female, Benzothiazoles, Aged

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