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A Genetic Risk Factor for Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep
NEJM 357:639-647, Stefansson,H.,et al, 2007
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Article Abstract
We have discovered a variant associated with susceptibility to periodic limb movements in sleep. The inverse correlation of the variant with iron stores is consistent with the suspected involvement of iron depletion in the pathogenesis of the disease.
 
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