title: 'Hyperalgesia and functional sensory loss in restless legs syndrome' by Stiasny-Kolster et al.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, via Gramsci 14, I-43100 Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gemignani
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006930:Hyperalgesia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D020886:Somatosensory Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
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