Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 701-702 , August 2008

Restless legs syndrome (RLS): An unrecognized cause for bedtime problems and insomnia in children

  • Ikuko Mohri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Environmental Effects Research, Molecular Research Center for Child Mental Development, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, D-5 Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, 565-0871 Osaka, Japan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Kumi Kato-Nishimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Environmental Effects Research, Molecular Research Center for Child Mental Development, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, D-5 Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, 565-0871 Osaka, Japan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Naoko Tachibana

      Affiliations

    • Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Keiichi Ozono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Masako Taniike

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Environmental Effects Research, Molecular Research Center for Child Mental Development, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, D-5 Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, 565-0871 Osaka, Japan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 6 6879 3932; fax: +81 6 6879 3939.

Received 19 March 2007 ,Revised 9 August 2007 ,Accepted 11 August 2007.

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PII: S1389-9457(07)00308-5

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.08.005

Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 701-702 , August 2008

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