Restless legs syndrome and risk of incident cardiovascular disease in women and men: prospective cohort study.

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Published in BMJ Open on March 23, 2012

Authors

Anke C Winter1, Markus Schürks, Robert J Glynn, Julie E Buring, J Michael Gaziano, Klaus Berger, Tobias Kurth

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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