Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 74-75 , January 2009

Restless legs may be associated with the post-polio syndrome

  • Elisa De Grandis

      Affiliations

    • Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
    • Operative Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, Ophthalmology and Genetics, G Gaslini Institute, University of Genoa, L.go Gaslini 5, 16148 Genoa, Italy
    • ,
  • Pablo Mir

      Affiliations

    • Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
    • Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
    • ,
  • Mark J. Edwards

      Affiliations

    • Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
    • ,
  • Kailash P. Bhatia

      Affiliations

    • Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0207 837 3611x4253; fax: +44 0207 676 2175.

Received 16 May 2006 ,Revised 4 February 2008 ,Accepted 8 February 2008.

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PII: S1353-8020(08)00053-9

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.02.005

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 74-75 , January 2009

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