Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 920-921 , December 2008

Clindamycin-induced restless legs syndrome

Received 4 August 2007 ,Revised 2 October 2007 ,Accepted 12 November 2007.

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PII: S1389-9457(07)00418-2

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.11.007

Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 920-921 , December 2008

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