Restless legs syndrome in a 5-year-old boy with low body stores of iron

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-54

  Banno, Katsuhisa ^a   Koike, Shigefumi ^b   Yamamoto, Katsunori ^b  

^a Kitatsushima Hospital   (Japan)

^b Toyohashi Mates Sleep Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anemia; Ferritin; Insomnia; Pediatrics; Restless legs syndrome; Sleep

Indexed keywords

FERRIC PYROPHOSPHATE; FERRITIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BOY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FAMILY HISTORY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 63049102524     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2009.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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