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    • Restless legs syndrome does not affect 3-year mortality in hemodialysis patients 

      Stefanidis, I.; Vainas, A.; Giannaki, C. D.; Dardiotis, E.; Spanoulis, A.; Sounidaki, M.; Eleftheriadis, T.; Liakopoulos, V.; Karatzaferi, C.; Sakkas, G. K.; Zintzaras, E.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M. (2015)
      Objective: Uremic restless legs syndrome (RLS) has been related to an enhanced mortality of hemodialysis (HD) patients. In the general population studies of this association have yielded inconsistent results. The aim of ...
    • Restless legs syndrome in hemodialysis patients: an epidemiologic survey in Greece 

      Stefanidis, I.; Vainas, A.; Dardiotis, E.; Giannaki, C. D.; Gourli, P.; Papadopoulou, D.; Vakianis, P.; Patsidis, E.; Eleftheriadis, T.; Liakopoulos, V.; Pournaras, S.; Sakkas, G. K.; Zintzaras, E.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M. (2013)
      Background: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor disorder characterized by an uncontrolled need to move extremities accompanied by unpleasant sensations, which frequently leads to sleep disturbances. In hemodialysis ...
    • Suggestive evidence for linkage for restless legs syndrome on chromosome 19p13 

      Kemlink, D.; Plazzi, G.; Vetrugno, R.; Provini, F.; Polo, O.; Stiasny-Kolster, K.; Oertel, W.; Nevsimalova, S.; Sonka, K.; Högl, B.; Frauscher, B.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M.; Pramstaller, P. P.; Lichtner, P.; Meitinger, T.; Müller-Myshok, B.; Winkelmann, J.; Montagna, P. (2008)
      Five loci for restless legs syndrome (RLS) on chromosomes 12q, 14q, 9p, 2q, and 20p (RLS1-RLS5) have been mapped in RLS families, with a recessive in the first and autosomal-dominant mode of inheritance in the latter cases. ...