restless legs syndrome
disabling neurological pathology characterized by the irresistible urge to move the legs
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Summary
restless legs syndrome is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,760 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: central nervous system disease[3]
- Commons category: Restless leg syndrome[4]
- ICPC 2 ID: N04[5]
- Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[6]
- ICD-9-CM: 333.94[7], 333.99[8]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C84501[9]
- Different from: hypokinesia[10]
- Health specialty: neurology[11]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: clonazepam[12], carbamazepin[13], gabapentin enacarbil[14], Horizant[15], ropinirol[16], gabapentin[17], pramipexole[18], (6S)-rotigotine[19], pregabalin[20]
- Genetic association: MEIS1[21], BTBD9[22], PTPRD[23]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050425[24], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0050425[25], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0012452[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[27]
- P14541: 1by9Cc[28]
Why It Matters
restless legs syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]