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Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the periodicity of leg movement activity emerging during sleep in a group of patients with spinal cord injury and to evaluate their pathophysiological features. Methods: Twenty patients (16 males, mean age 34.0. years) with traumatic spinal cord lesions were recruited (5 cervical, 15...

To define the prevalence, time course, and associated factors of periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) in patients with ischemic stroke or TIA.

Study Objectives: We analyzed the potential predictive factors for precocious puberty, observed in some cases of childhood narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC) and for obesity, a much more common feature of NC, through a systematic assessment of pubertal staging, body mass index (BMI), and metabolic/endocrine biochemical analyses. Design:...