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Further studies on periodic limb movement disorder and restless legs syndrome in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Nov 1999
Picchietti D L, Underwood D J, Farris W A, Walters A S, Shah M M, Dahl R E, Trubnick L J, Bertocci M A, Wagner M, Hening W A
Abstract excerpt
Fourteen consecutive children who were newly diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and who had never been exposed to stimulants and 10 control children without ADHD underwent polysomnographic studies to quantify Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep (PLMS) and arousals. Parents commonly gave both false-negative and false-positive reports of PLMS in their children, and a sleep study was...
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