Sleep Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 221-229 , 1 July 2000

Restless legs syndrome in 218 patients: associated disorders

Received 17 December 1999 ,Revised 18 February 2000 ,Accepted 22 February 2000.

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