Response to the letter to the editor "Cortical excitability in restless legs syndrome"
Giuseppe Lanza1, Bartolo Lanuzza1, Debora Aricò1
1Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Via Conte Ruggero, 73-94018 Troina, Italy.
Sleep Medicine
|October 14, 2015
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