Pediatric restless legs syndrome diagnostic criteria: An update by the international restless legs syndrome study group

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1253-1259

  Picchietti, Daniel L ^a   Bruni, Oliviero ^b   de Weerd, Al ^c   Durmer, Jeffrey S ^d   Kotagal, Suresh ^e   Owens, Judith A ^f   Simakajornboon, Narong ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c EEG Department and Sleepcenter SEIN Zwolle   (Netherlands)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Consensus; Diagnosis; Periodic limb movement disorder; Periodic limb movements in sleep; Restless legs syndrome; Sleep disorder; Willis Ekbom disease

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG PAIN; PARASOMNIA; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; STRETCHING; WALKING;

CHILDREN; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSIS; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENTS IN SLEEP; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; WILLIS-EKBOM DISEASE;

ADULT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 84888135299     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.08.778     Document Type: Article

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