Prevalence of Restless Legs Syndrome in Migraine Patients: A Case-Control Study. Analysis of Risk Factors for Restless Legs Syndrome in Migraine Patients.

Background: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor disorder. It can be idiopathic, associated to other diseases or to pharmacologic treatments. RLS has been reported to occur more frequently in migraine patients, but a clear pathogenetic link seems still under debate.

Identification of stroke etiology may contribute to improve the outcome in dedicated units.

Background: The purpose of our study is to investigate whether stroke unit (SU) care and the utilization of Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) criteria may contribute to reduce death and disability in hospitalized patients after a first-ever ischemic stroke (IS).

Methods: Data included in the present study were derived from our previous study on the incidence and outcome of cerebrovascular diseases in the district of Udine, performed from April 1, 2007, to March 31, 2009.

Results: We identified 429 hospitalized first-ever IS cases, 297 of 429 (69.

Stroke incidence and 30-day and six-month case fatality rates in Udine, Italy: a population-based prospective study.

Background: Stroke incidence in high-income countries is reported to decrease, and new data on stroke incidence and outcome are needed to design stroke services and to ameliorate stroke management.

Methods: This study is part of a two-year prospective community-based registry of all cerebrovascular events in the district of Udine (153,312 inhabitants), Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, northeast of Italy, between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2009. Overlapping sources for case finding were used, combining hot and cold pursuit.

Incidence of transient ischemic attack and early stroke risk: validation of the ABCD2 score in an Italian population-based study.

Background And Purpose: The importance of transient ischemic attack (TIA) lies on the short-term risk of stroke, and the ABCD2 score may improve early stroke risk prediction. However, population-based studies are still needed. We aimed to provide data on TIA incidence and to evaluate the ABCD2 predictive ability for early recurrent stroke in a population-based study.