title: Brazilian consensus on guidelines for diagnosis and treatment for restless legs syndrome.
abstract: The Consensus on restless legs syndrome is an effort of neurologists from several Brazilian states, which tirelessly reviewed the literature of recent years in search of evidence, both in regard to diagnosis and treatment, according to the Oxford Centre for Evidence-based Medicine.
authors: Serviço de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
authors: Alan Christmann
authors: AC
authors: Fröhlich
authors: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors: Alan Luiz
authors: AL
authors: Eckeli
authors: Clínica Carlos Bacelar, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Bacelar
authors: Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Dalva
authors: D
authors: Poyares
authors: ProSSono - Centro de Medicina do Sono, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
authors: Daniela Vianna
authors: DV
authors: Pachito
authors: Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors: Fernando Gustavo
authors: FG
authors: Stelzer
authors: Departamento de Neurologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Fernando Morgadinho Santos
authors: FM
authors: Coelho
authors: Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors: Geraldo Nunes Vieira
authors: GN
authors: Rizzo
authors: Departamento de Neurologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Gilmar Fernandes do
authors: GF
authors: Prado
authors: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors: Heidi Haueisen
authors: HH
authors: Sander
authors: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Leonardo Ierardi
authors: LI
authors: Goulart
authors: Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Ligia Mendonça
authors: LM
authors: Lucchesi
authors: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
authors: Lívia Leite Góes
authors: LL
authors: Gitai
authors: Departamento de Neurologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Lucila Bizari Fernandes do
authors: LB
authors: Prado
authors: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Luiz
authors: L
authors: Ataíde-Junior
authors: Clínica Rio-Sono, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors: Marcio Luciano de Souza
authors: ML
authors: Bezerra
authors: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Maria Cecília
authors: MC
authors: Lopes
authors: Hospital São Lucas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors: Marine Meliksetyan
authors: MM
authors: Trentin
authors: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors: Raimundo Nonato Delgado
authors: RN
authors: Rodrigues
authors: Rosa
authors: R
authors: Hasan
authors: Rosana S Cardoso
authors: RS
authors: Alves
authors: Suzana Veiga
authors: SV
authors: Schönwald
authors: Walter André dos Santos
authors: WA
authors: Moraes
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D032921:Consensus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D018491:Dopamine Agonists