Persistence of Secondary Restless Legs Syndrome in a Phantom Limb Caused by End-stage Renal Disease

Our patient had secondary restless legs syndrome (RLS) in the left lower limb caused by end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Severe RLS symptoms persisted even after amputation of the affected limb. Considering that oral administration of a dopamine receptor agonist was effective in treating the RLS in t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 2013, Vol.52(7), pp.815-818
Hauptverfasser:	Nishida, Shingo, Hitsumoto, Akiko, Namba, Kazuyoshi, Usui, Akira, Inoue, Yuichi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amputation - trends dopamine agonist end-stage renal disease (ESRD) hemodialysis Humans Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications Kidney Failure, Chronic - diagnosis periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) phantom limb Phantom Limb - diagnosis Phantom Limb - etiology restless legs syndrome (RLS) Restless Legs Syndrome - diagnosis Restless Legs Syndrome - etiology
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