Rate of augmentation and risk factors with long-term follow-up in Japanese patients with restless legs syndrome.

Kosuke TaniokaMutsumi OkuraManami InoueKoh-Ichiro TaniguchiMitsutaka TaniguchiToshiaki HamanoNaoko Tachibana

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2018)

The augmentation rate of Japanese RLS patients from our study is low compared with previous Western and Asian studies. It might be attributable to racial difference, lower dosage of dopaminergic treatment, and the level of ferritin.

Keyphrases

risk factors
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
african american
patient reported