Childhood sleepwalking and sleep terrors: A longitudinal study of prevalence and familial aggregation

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 653-658

  Petit, Dominique ^a,b   Pennestri, Marie Hélène ^a,c   Paquet, Jean ^a,b   Desautels, Alex ^a,b   Zadra, Antonio ^a,b   Vitaro, Frank ^b   Tremblay, Richard E ^b,d   Boivin, Michel ^e,f   Montplaisir, Jacques ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL AGGREGATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP WALKING; FAMILY; GENETICS; INFANT; NIGHT TERRORS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOMNAMBULISM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NIGHT TERRORS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOMNAMBULISM;

EID: 84937509714     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.127     Document Type: Article

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