Prevalence of restless legs syndrome in an urban population of eastern Africa (Tanzania)
Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Volume 346, No. 1-2, Year 2014
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Objectives Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is one of the most common neurological disorders in Caucasian populations with prevalence rates between 5% and 15%. A recent study conducted in rural northern Tanzania documented a prevalence of only 0.013%. This result requires further investigation of the epidemiology of RLS in Africa, as prevalence rates seem to vary among different ethnicities.