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06-27-2007, 02:24 PM | #1 | |||
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11th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Iron Deficiency in All Brain Regions Underlies RLS A new MRI study from German researchers shows a significant decrease in tissue iron content across virtually all brain regions in idiopathic RLS patients, implicating iron metabolism in the pathophysiology of this condition. Medscape Medical News 2007 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/558359?src=mp Registration required Iron Deficiency in All Brain Regions Underlies RLS Quote:
EDITED later to add Info. about Ferritin. http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~edud.../Ferritin.html Iron Use and Storage in the Body: Ferritin and Molecular Representations Iron in Biology: Study of the Iron Content in Ferritin, The Iron-Storage Protein. Quote:
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Dopaminergic Agonists Linked to Compulsions in RLS Like their counterparts with Parkinson's disease, patients with restless legs syndrome taking dopaminergic agonists are at increased risk for compulsive behaviors, new research suggests. Medscape Medical News 2007 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/558519 Registration required Caroline Cassels Quote:
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