Sleep terrors in children: A prospective study of twins

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Nguyen, Bich Hong ^a   Pérusse, Daniel ^b   Paquet, Jean ^a   Petit, Dominique ^a   Boivin, Michel ^d   Tremblay, Richard E ^c   Montplaisir, Jacques ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetics; Pediatrics; Sleep terrors; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NIGHTMARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NIGHT TERRORS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 58249089069     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1303     Document Type: Article

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