Restless Legs Syndrome and Schizophrenia: A Case Report

Romain Colle1, Flavien Boichot, Erwan Bouteiller

  • 1INSERM CESP/UMR-S1178, Equipe "Dépressions et Antidépresseurs," Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, Univ. Paris-Sud, Service Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France and EPS Barthélemy Durand, Etampes, France romaincolle@hotmail.com; INSERM CESP/UMR-S1178, Equipe "Dépressions et Antidépresseurs," Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, Univ. Paris-Sud and Service Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France; INSERM CESP/UMR-S1178, Equipe "Dépressions et Antidépresseurs," Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, Univ. Paris-Sud, Service Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France and EPS Barthélemy Durand, Etampes, France; INSERM CESP/UMR-S1178, Equipe "Dépressions et Antidépresseurs," Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, Univ. Paris-Sud and Service Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France; INSERM CESP/UMR-S1178, Equipe "Dépressions et Antidépresseurs," Univ. Paris-Sud, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Saclay, Chatenay-Malabry, France; INSERM CESP/UMR-S1178, Equipe "Dépressions et Antidépresseurs", Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, Univ. Paris-Sud, Service de Génétique Moléculaire pharmacogénétique et hormonologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin Bicêtre and Centre de Ressources Biologiques Paris Sud, Hôpital Bicêtre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France; INSERM CESP/UMR-S1178, Equipe "Dépressions et Antidépresseurs," Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, Univ. Paris-Sud and Service Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.

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