Pediatric restless legs syndrome: Analysis of symptom descriptions and drawings

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1365-1376

  Picchietti, Daniel L ^a   Arbuckle, Robert A ^b   Abetz, Linda ^b   Durmer, Jeffrey S ^c   Ivanenko, Anna ^d   Owens, Judith A ^e   Croenlein, Jens ^f   Allen, Richard P ^g   Walters, Arthur S ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b MAPI VALUES   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; drawing; restless legs syndrome; sleep disorder; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 79956090994     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811405852     Document Type: Article

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