Pediatric Periodic Limb Movement Disorder: Sleep Symptom and Polysomnographic Correlates Compared to Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Zendy

Jeannine L. Gingras | Zendy; Jane F. Gaultney | Zendy; Daniel L. Picchietti | Zendy

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Pediatric Periodic Limb Movement Disorder: Sleep Symptom and Polysomnographic Correlates Compared to Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Author(s) -

Jeannine L. Gingras,

Jane F. Gaultney,

Daniel L. Picchietti

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.1460

Subject(s) - sleep medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , medicine , respiratory disturbance index , sleep (system call) , polysomnography , sleep disorder , sleep apnea , sleep study , physical therapy , pediatrics , apnea , psychiatry , insomnia , operating system , computer science

Although periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) have been described in multiple pediatric publications, periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) has not. The aims of this study were to describe the prevalence, sleep-related correlates, and polysomnographic correlates of PLMD in a large pediatric case series, and compare these to pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

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