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To the Editor: In their letter about the restless legs syndrome (RLS) and spinal anesthesia (Nov. 20 issue), Crozier et al.¹ report that spinal or general anesthesia does not induce or exacerbate RLS, in contrast to the 8.7% incidence after spinal anesthesia in our earlier study.² As an explanation, they suggest that we misdiagnosed RLS. In our study, RLS was diagnosed according to strict clinical criteria involving several personal interviews, whereas Crozier et al. used a questionnaire in which questions regarding RLS symptoms were included in a much longer list of heterogeneous items. Their method has not been validated for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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