Familial Restless Legs Syndrome: A Family with all Female Patients

Akpinar C. K., Türker H., AYGÜN D., AYTAÇ E.

ARCHIVES OF IRANIAN MEDICINE, vol.20, no.2, pp.105-107, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Journal Name: ARCHIVES OF IRANIAN MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.105-107
  • Keywords: Autosomal dominant inheritance, familial, pedigree, restless legs syndrome, AUTOSOMAL-DOMINANT LOCUS, POPULATION, PREVALENCE, HETEROGENEITY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, ASSOCIATION, DIAGNOSIS, VARIANTS
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a chronic condition characterized by odd sensations in the body, most commonly in the legs and an irresistible urge to move them. More than half of the patients with RLS have a family history. Most of the RLS cases are women and most of the families show characteristics of an autosomal dominant pedigree. Here, we shall present a family consisting only of women; to our knowledge, such a family has not been reported yet.