AI Article Synopsis
- French neurologists Boissier de Sauvages de La Croix and Gilles de la Tourette observed that patients experienced anxiety, pain, and tingling in their legs, often coupled with insomnia during the wake-sleep transition.
- Their findings highlight that the symptoms associated with Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) were documented in French literature as early as the 18th century.
- This connection underscores the long history of understanding RLS and its impact on patients' sleep and comfort.
Article Abstract
Boissier de Sauvages de La Croix and Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologists, noticed that patients with "anxiety in the lower limbs, shooting pain, tingling legs" may have an insomnia "at the time of wake-sleep transition [and] experience sudden jerks in the lower limbs." Their descriptions confirm that the clinical features of RLS were previously described in French literature in the 18th century.
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