Moderate to severe periodic limb movement disorder in childhood and adolescence

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-300

  Picchietti, Daniel L ^a   Walters, Arthur S ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders; Dopaminergic medications; Growing pains; Migraine; Periodic limb movements in sleep; Polysomnography; Restless legs syndrome; Seizures; Sleep disorders; Sleepwalking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP WALKING;

EID: 0033135168     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/22.3.297     Document Type: Article

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