Limb movements during sleep in children: effects of age, sex, and iron status in more than 1,000 patients referred to a pediatric sleep center | Zendy

Baha Al-Shawwa | Zendy; Zarmina Ehsan | Zendy; Gayln V. Perry | Zendy; David G. Ingram | Zendy

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Limb movements during sleep in children: effects of age, sex, and iron status in more than 1,000 patients referred to a pediatric sleep center

Author(s) -

Baha Al-Shawwa,

Zarmina Ehsan,

Gayln V. Perry,

David G. Ingram

Publication year - 2020

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.8120

Subject(s) - medicine , sleep (system call) , pediatrics , population , sleep medicine , sleep study , insomnia , polysomnography , sleep disorder , psychiatry , computer science , operating system , apnea , environmental health

Limb movements during sleep (LMS) and periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) have been shown to vary by age in children. In the current study, we examined this relationship in more detail in a large clinically referred sample adjusting for iron status and sex.

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