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Article: Study findings on multiple sclerosis are outlined in reports from Sleep Disorders Center.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- August 20, 2008
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In this recent study, researchers in Milan, Italy conducted a study "To verify the existence of a symptomatic form of restless legs syndrome (RLS) secondary to multiple sclerosis (MS) and to identify possible associated risk factors. Prospective, multicenter, case-control epidemiologic survey."
"Twenty sleep centers certified by the Italian Association of Sleep Medicine. Eight hundred and sixty-one patients affected by MS and 649 control subjects. N/A. Measures and results: Data regarding demographic and clinical factors, presence and severity of RLS, the results of hematologic tests, and visual analysis of cerebrospinal magnetic resonance imaging studies were ...