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Ferritin levels in the cerebrospinal fluid and restless legs syndrome: effects of different clinical phenotypes.
Sleep - 1 Sept 2005
Earley Christopher J, Connor James R, Beard John L, Clardy Stacey L, Allen Richard P
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) and controls differ in regard to levels of ferritin and transferrin in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) when samples are collected at night, to determine whether patients with early-onset and late-onset RLS show a different outcome for CSF values, and to determine whether the CSF ferritin level correlates with disease severity. DESIGN:...
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