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Lack of Association between Genetic Risk Loci for Restless Legs Syndrome and Multimorbidity.
Sleep - 1 Jan 2016
Szentkirályi András, Völzke Henry, Hoffmann Wolfgang, Winkelmann Julianne, Berger Klaus
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STUDY OBJECTIVES: Multimorbidity is a risk factor for incident restless legs syndrome (RLS). In this relationship, the potential role of known genetic risk loci for RLS has not been studied. Our aim was to evaluate whether carriers of specific RLS risk alleles have higher comorbidity burden than noncarriers. METHODS: The Dortmund Health Study (DHS) and the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP) are two independent...
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