Uremic Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) and Sleep Quality in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis: Potential Role of Homocysteine and Parathyroid Hormone

• Main Authors: Katrin Gade (Author), Sabine Blaschke (Author), Andrea Rodenbeck (Author), Andreas Becker (Author), Heike Anderson-Schmidt (Author), Stefan Cohrs (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The aetiology of uremic restless legs syndrome (RLS) remains unclear. Our research investigated whether an elevated plasma concentration of the excitatory amino acid homocysteine might be associated with RLS occurrence in patients with chronic renal insufficiency on hemodialysis. Methods...