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The association between the prevalence of restless leg syndrome, fatigue, and sleep quality in patients undergoing hemodialysis

Ayla C. Turk, Sultan Ozkurt, Ebru Turgal and Fusun Sahin
Saudi Medical Journal August 2018, 39 (8) 792-798; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.8.22398
Ayla C. Turk
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Turk) from the Department of Biostatistics (Turgal), Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum; from the Department of Nephrology (Ozkurt), Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskisehir; and from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Sahin), Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
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Sultan Ozkurt
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Turk) from the Department of Biostatistics (Turgal), Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum; from the Department of Nephrology (Ozkurt), Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskisehir; and from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Sahin), Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
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Ebru Turgal
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Turk) from the Department of Biostatistics (Turgal), Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum; from the Department of Nephrology (Ozkurt), Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskisehir; and from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Sahin), Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
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Fusun Sahin
From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Turk) from the Department of Biostatistics (Turgal), Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum; from the Department of Nephrology (Ozkurt), Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskisehir; and from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Sahin), Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
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Article Information

vol. 39 no. 8 792-798
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.8.22398
PubMed 
30106417

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received March 20, 2018
  • Accepted June 6, 2018
  • Published online August 1, 2018.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Ayla C. Turk, MD⇑,
  2. Sultan Ozkurt, MD,
  3. Ebru Turgal, MSc and
  4. Fusun Sahin, MD
  1. From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Turk) from the Department of Biostatistics (Turgal), Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum; from the Department of Nephrology (Ozkurt), Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskisehir; and from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Sahin), Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ayla C. Turk, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey. E-mail: drayla1976{at}hotmail.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0359-1710
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