Restless legs syndrome (RLS): An unrecognized cause for bedtime problems and insomnia in children

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 701-702

  Mohri, Ikuko ^a   Kato Nishimura, Kumi ^a   Tachibana, Naoko ^b   Ozono, Keiichi ^a   Taniike, Masako ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PRAMIPEXOLE;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INSOMNIA; IRON METABOLISM; IRRITABILITY; LEG MOVEMENT; LETTER; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RESTLESSNESS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 48449103634     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.08.005     Document Type: Letter

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