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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12710/10955
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dc.contributor.authorFurdui, Elena
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-06T06:02:35Z
dc.date.available2020-07-06T06:02:35Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationFURDUI, Elena. Epidemiology of periodic limb movement disorder. In: MedEspera: the 6th Internat. Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors: abstract book. Chișinău: S. n., 2016, p.44.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-9975-3028-3-8.
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.usmf.md/handle/20.500.12710/10955
dc.descriptionNicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, The 6th International Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors, May 12-14, 2016en_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) is characterized by periodic episodes of repetitive and highly stereotyped limb movements that occur during sleep, affecting the lower limbs, lasting 0,5 to 5 seconds and the pause between the episodes is about 20-40 seconds. Purpose of the study is studying the scientific literature about the prevalence of periodic limb movement disorder in different disorders. Materials and methods: There were studied about 50 articles about the prevalence of periodic limb movement disorder. Disscussion results: Periodic limb movement disorder is frecquently encountered among sleep disorders. Its prevalence is about 3,9% to 6% in general population. The prevalence in persons of age upper than 60 is 34%. In children periodic limb movements prevalence is 7,7%. In patients with sleep obstructive apnea, periodic limb movemets prevalence is about 4-5%. In patients with insomnia periodic limb movement disorder is encountered in about 1 to 15 % of all patients. Conclusions: Periodic limb movement disorder is a disorder with a high prevalence in general population. An appropriate clinical approach is still discussed. PLMD is frecquent encountered in different pathologies and this finding may give a solution in finding a proper clinical approach.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMedEsperaen_US
dc.subjectPeriodic limb movementen_US
dc.subjectepidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectobstructive sleep apneaen_US
dc.titleEpidemiology of periodic limb movement disorderen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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