Sleep Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 317-321 , July 2001

Restless Legs Syndrome: scoring criteria for leg movements recorded during the suggested immobilization test

  • Martin Michaud

      Affiliations

    • Centre d'Étude du Sommeil et des Rythmes Biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
    • Département de Psychiatrie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Gaétan Poirier

      Affiliations

    • Centre d'Étude du Sommeil et des Rythmes Biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Gilles Lavigne

      Affiliations

    • Centre d'Étude du Sommeil et des Rythmes Biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
    • Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Université de Montréal, Québec, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Jacques Montplaisir

      Affiliations

    • Centre d'Étude du Sommeil et des Rythmes Biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
    • Département de Psychiatrie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Montreal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel: +1-514-338-2693; fax: +1-514-338-2531

Received 29 May 2000 ,Revised 30 August 2000 ,Accepted 31 August 2000.

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Sleep Medicine
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