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Restless legs syndrome causes
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Causes
Causes
Common Causes
The exact cause of RLS is not clear yet but the disease may be related to this conditions:[1][2][3][4]
- Hypertension
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Iron deficiency
- Anemia
- Kidney diseases
- Stroke
- Parkinson disease
- Polyneuropathy
- Multiple sclerosis
Genetic Causes
- Genes involved in the pathogenesis of RLS include: RLS 1: 12q and RLS 2: 14q and RLS 3: 9p and RLS 4: 2q and RLS 5: 20p.[5]
- 40% of cases of RLS are familial and are inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion with variable penetrance.
Causes in Alphabetical Order
List the causes of the disease in alphabetical order.
References
References
- ↑ Guo S, Huang J, Jiang H, Han C, Li J, Xu X; et al. (2017). “Restless Legs Syndrome: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Diagnosis and Management”. Front Aging Neurosci. 9: 171. doi:10.3389/fnagi.2017.00171. PMC 5454050. PMID 28626420.
- ↑ Katsi V, Katsimichas T, Kallistratos MS, Tsekoura D, Makris T, Manolis AJ; et al. (2014). “The association of Restless Legs Syndrome with hypertension and cardiovascular disease”. Med Sci Monit. 20: 654–9. doi:10.12659/MSM.890252. PMC 3999161. PMID 24747872.
- ↑ Cotter PE, O’Keeffe ST (2006). “Restless leg syndrome: is it a real problem?”. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2 (4): 465–75. PMC 1936366. PMID 18360657.
- ↑ Trenkwalder C, Allen R, Högl B, Paulus W, Winkelmann J (2016). “Restless legs syndrome associated with major diseases: A systematic review and new concept”. Neurology. 86 (14): 1336–43. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000002542. PMC 4826337. PMID 26944272.
- ↑ Miyamoto M, Miyamoto T, Iwanami M, Suzuki K, Hirata K (2009). “[Pathophysiology of restless legs syndrome]”. Brain Nerve. 61 (5): 523–32. PMID 19514512.
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