Restless legs syndrome in childhood: A consensus proposal for diagnostic criteria

Somnologie

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 133-137

  Hornyak, Magdolna ^a   Happe, Svenja ^b   Trenkwalder, Claudia ^b   Scholle, Sabine ^c   Schluter, Bernhard ^d   Kinkelbur, Jörg ^b   Benes, H ^e   Dietz, B ^e   Harnish, M ^e   Hellwig, J ^e   Hellwig, M ^e   Krause, T ^e   Kurella, B ^e   Meissner C ^e   Rieger, B ^e   Schredl, M ^e   Stiasny, K ^e   Tings, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Robert Koch Hospital Gehrden   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Restless legs syndrome; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSESTHESIA; FAMILY HISTORY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LEG PAIN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NIGHT SLEEP; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 18544373228     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-054X.2002.02188.x     Document Type: Article

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