"Restless Legs Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A disorder characterized by aching or burning sensations in the lower and rarely the upper extremities that occur prior to sleep or may awaken the patient from sleep.
| Descriptor ID |
D012148
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.803 C10.886.425.800.700 C10.886.659.634 F03.870.400.800.700 F03.870.664.634
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| Concept/Terms |
Restless Legs Syndrome- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Restless Legs
- Willis Ekbom Disease
- Disease, Willis Ekbom
- Wittmaack-Ekbom Syndrome
- Syndrome, Wittmaack-Ekbom
- Willis-Ekbom Disease
- Disease, Willis-Ekbom
- Willis-Ekbom Syndrome
- Syndrome, Willis-Ekbom
- Wittmaack Ekbom Syndrome
- Syndrome, Wittmaack Ekbom
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Syndrome, Restless Leg
- Willis Ekbom Syndrome
- Syndrome, Willis Ekbom
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Restless Legs Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Medication refractory restless legs syndrome: Real-world experience. J Neurol Sci. 2024 Aug 15; 463:123121.
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Neurologic Disorders in Women and Sleep. Neurol Clin. 2023 05; 41(2):297-314.
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Sleep During Pregnancy. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2022 08; 24(8):353-357.
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Botulinum Toxin in Movement Disorders: An Update. Toxins (Basel). 2021 Jan 08; 13(1).
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Rethinking bedtime resistance in children with autism: is restless legs syndrome to blame? J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 12 15; 16(12):2029-2035.
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Leg stereotypy syndrome: phenomenology and prevalence. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 07; 89(7):692-695.
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Nonmotor Symptoms in Patients with Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 10. Cerebellum. 2017 Dec; 16(5-6):938-944.
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Restless legs syndrome: clinical presentation diagnosis and treatment. Sleep Med. 2015 Jun; 16(6):678-90.
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The underdiagnosis of sleep disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014 Sep 15; 10(9):1025-31.
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Prevalence of restless legs syndrome and sleep quality in carriers of the fragile X premutation. Clin Genet. 2014 Aug; 86(2):181-4.