Restless legs syndrome--new insights into clinical characteristics, pathophysiology, and treatment options.

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We summarize recent advances in the clinical definition of restless legs syndrome (RLS), in understanding the basic mechanisms, and the successful treatments of RLS. New diagnostic instruments and severity scales have been developed for better phenotyping of the individual patient. Iron metabolism related components and the dopaminergic system have been extensively investigated in respect to the pathophysiology...

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