Prevalence and associated comorbidities of restless legs syndrome (RLS): Data from a large population-based door-to-door survey on 19176 adults in Tehran, Iran

Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad; Arash Rahmani; Mahdiyeh Shafieesabet; Mahshid Soori; Ahmad Delbari; Mohammad Reza Motamed; Johan Lökk

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172593

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Prevalence and associated comorbidities of restless legs syndrome (RLS): Data from a large population-based door-to-door survey on 19176 adults in Tehran, Iran

Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad ,

* E-mail: sm.fereshtehnejad@ki.se

Affiliations Division of Clinical geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Québec, Canada, Firoozgar Clinical Research Development Center (FCRDC), Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Arash Rahmani,

Affiliation Medical Student Research Committee (MSRC), Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Psychiatry Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mahdiyeh Shafieesabet,

Affiliation Medical Student Research Committee (MSRC), Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mahshid Soori,

Affiliation Medical Student Research Committee (MSRC), Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ahmad Delbari,

Affiliations Division of Clinical geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Tehran, Iran
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Mohammad Reza Motamed,

Affiliations Firoozgar Clinical Research Development Center (FCRDC), Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Neurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Johan Lökk

Affiliations Division of Clinical geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Prevalence and associated comorbidities of restless legs syndrome (RLS): Data from a large population-based door-to-door survey on 19176 adults in Tehran, Iran

Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad,
Arash Rahmani,
Mahdiyeh Shafieesabet,
Mahshid Soori,
Ahmad Delbari,
Mohammad Reza Motamed,
Johan Lökk

Published: February 17, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172593

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