Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 146-147 , February 2010

Restless legs syndrome associated with narcolepsy and somnambulism

  • Félix Javier Jiménez-Jiménez

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Félix Javier Jiménez-Jiménez, C/ Marroquina 14, 3° B, E-28030 Madrid, Spain. Tel.: +34 636968395; fax: +34 913280704.

Received 13 January 2009

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☆ The review of this paper was entirely handled by the Co-Editor-in-Chief, Proferssor Ronald Pfeiffer.

PII: S1353-8020(09)00211-9

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.08.002

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 146-147 , February 2010

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