Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1097-1100 , December 2009

Validation of the self-completed Cambridge-Hopkins questionnaire (CH-RLSq) for ascertainment of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a population survey

  • Richard P. Allen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Asthma and Allergy Building, 1B76B, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 410 550 2609; fax: +1 410 550 3364.
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  • Brendan J. Burchell

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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  • Ben MacDonald

      Affiliations

    • Statistical Consultant, Cambridge, UK
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  • Wayne A. Hening

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
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  • Christopher J. Earley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Asthma and Allergy Building, 1B76B, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States

Received 22 March 2008 ,Revised 23 October 2008 ,Accepted 30 October 2008.

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PII: S1389-9457(08)00353-5

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.10.007

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1097-1100 , December 2009

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