Painful legs and moving toes syndrome: responsive to dopaminergic treatment
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Keywords
Fibromyalgia Gabapentin Dopamine Agonist Baclofen Pramipexole
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Conflict of interest
The authors Y. Beckmann, N. Gürgör, N.G. Bülbül, Y. Secil, N. Türkmen declare no conflict of interest.
Supplementary material
Video 1: PLMT before treatment (AVI 50483 kb)
Video 2: PLMT after treatment (AVI 21462 kb)
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