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Richard Allen

Professor of Neurology
Verified email at jh.edu
Cited by 45476

Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology: a report from the restless legs syndrome diagnosis and epidemiology workshop …

RP Allen, D Picchietti, WA Hening, C Trenkwalder… - Sleep medicine, 2003 - Elsevier
Background: Restless legs syndrome is a common yet frequently undiagnosed sensorimotor
disorder. In 1995, the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group developed …

Restless legs syndrome prevalence and impact: REST general population study

RP Allen, AS Walters, J Montplaisir… - Archives of internal …, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
Background Restless legs syndrome (RLS), a common sensorimotor disorder, has a wide
range of severity from merely annoying to affecting sleep and quality of life severely enough to …

Restless legs syndrome/Willis–Ekbom disease diagnostic criteria: updated International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) consensus criteria–history …

RP Allen, DL Picchietti, D Garcia-Borreguero… - Sleep medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Background In 2003, following a workshop at the National Institutes of Health, the International
Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) developed updated diagnostic criteria …

Impact, diagnosis and treatment of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a primary care population: the REST (RLS epidemiology, symptoms, and treatment) primary care …

W Hening, AS Walters, RP Allen, J Montplaisir, A Myers… - Sleep medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
Objectives: To assess the frequency, impact, and medical response to the restless legs
syndrome (RLS) in a large multi-national primary care population. Method: Questionnaire …

MRI measurement of brain iron in patients with restless legs syndrome

RP Allen, PB Barker, F Wehrl, HK Song, CJ Earley - Neurology, 2001 - AAN Enterprises
Brain iron insufficiency in the restless legs syndrome (RLS) has been suggested by a prior
CSF study. Using a special MRI measurement (R 2 ′), the authors assessed regional brain …

Iron and the restless legs syndrome

ER Sun, CA Chen, G Ho, CJ Earley, RP Allen - Sleep, 1998 - academic.oup.com
Study Objectives: Using blinded procedures, determine the relation between serum ferritin
levels and severity of subjective and objective symptoms of the restless legs syndrome (RLS) …

Computerized tomography in obstructive sleep apnea: correlation of airway size with physiology during sleep and wakefulness

…, PL Smith, ME Bohlman, RP Allen… - American Review of …, 1983 - atsjournals.org
Pathophysiologic changes during sleep in patients with obstructive apnea are often associated
with alterations in upper airway function during awake periods. To determine whether …

Restless legs syndrome: a review of clinical and pathophysiologic features

RP Allen, CJ Earley - Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Restlesslegs syndrome (RLS), although long ignored and still much underdiagnosed, disrupts
the life and sleep considerably of those who have it. Recent clinicaland basic research …

Augmentation of the restless legs syndrome with carbidopa/levodopa

RP Allen, CJ Earley - Sleep, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Dopaminergic agents and carbidopa/levodopa have become the preferred treatment for both
the restless legs (RL) syndrome and for periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS). For once…

[PDF][PDF] Restless Legs Syndrome Diagnosis and Epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of Health; International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group …

RP Allen, D Picchietti, WA Hening, C Trenkwalder… - Sleep Med, 2003 - academia.edu
Background: Restless legs syndrome is a common yet frequently undiagnosed sensorimotor
disorder. In 1995, the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group developed …