Validation of the "L-DOPA test" for diagnosis of restless legs syndrome.

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Published in Mov Disord on September 01, 2006

Authors

Karin Stiasny-Kolster1, Ralf Kohnen, Jens Carsten Möller, Claudia Trenkwalder, Wolfgang H Oertel

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Center of Nervous Diseases, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany. stiasny@med.uni-marburg.de

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