Prevalence of Restless Legs Syndrome in Iranian Patients under Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study

Introduction: Recent studies have contradictory reports of the overall prevalence of restless legs syndrome in hemodialysis patients.Therefore, the aim of this study was to help eliminate ambiguity about the prevalence of restless legs syndrome in Iranian hemodialysis patients by systematic review and meta-analysis study.Methods: This study was per

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Platygonia Melichar, 1925 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini): a new species from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest, key to species of the genus, and notes on P. undecimmaculata (Fowler, 1899)

A new species of the Neotropical genus Platygonia Melichar, 1925 is described and illustrated from the municipality of Ipixuna, State of Amazonas, Northern Brazil.Platygonia nigra sp.nov.can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the following combination of features: (1) dark brown to black ground color of dorsum; (2) presence of

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Effective management of intractable neuropathic pain using an intrathecal morphine pump in a patient with acute transverse myelitis

Wei-Ting Wu,1 Yu-Hui Huang,2,3 Der-Cherng Deck Bumper Chen,4 Yu-Hsuan Huang,1 Li-Wei Chou1,5 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; 2School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; 3Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chung Shan Medical Universit

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