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Is there a subpopulation of children with growing pains who really have Restless Legs Syndrome? A review of the literature.

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It is unlikely that all patients with 'growing pains' have RLS and it is likely that ' growing pains' is a heterogeneous disorder, but more work needs to be done on the potential relationship between 'Growing pains' and RLS.
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This article is published in Sleep Medicine.The article was published on 2002-03-01. It has received 53 citations till now.

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Restless Legs Syndrome: Prevalence and Impact in Children and Adolescents—The Peds REST Study

TL;DR: These population-based data suggest that restless legs syndrome is prevalent and troublesome in children and adolescents, occurring more commonly than epilepsy or diabetes.
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Childhood-onset restless legs syndrome.

TL;DR: It is concluded that iron deficiency and a strong family history are characteristic of childhood‐onset restless legs syndrome.
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Early manifestations of restless legs syndrome in childhood and adolescence.

TL;DR: It is suggested that some aspects of RLS can occur long before full diagnostic criteria are present, and clinical sleep disturbance preceded a diagnosis of definite RLS by an average of 11.6 years.
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Toward a better definition of the restless legs syndrome

TL;DR: A large International Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Study Group has been formed as discussed by the authors, which has taken upon itself the role of definig the clinical features of the RLS, including sleep disturbance, periodic limb movements in sleep and similar involuntary movements while awake, a normal neurological examination in the idiopathic from, a tendency for the symptoms to be worse in middle to older age, and a family history suggestive of an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance.
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Clinical, polysomnographic, and genetic characteristics of restless legs syndrome: A study of 133 patients diagnosed with new standard criteria

TL;DR: A strong relationship was found between these complaints and polysomnographic findings; increasing sleep latency and number of awakenings and decreasing sleep efficiency were associated with worsening symptoms.
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Growing Pains

Emily Carr
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A questionnaire study of 138 patients with restless legs syndrome: the 'Night-Walkers' survey.

TL;DR: A telephone survey of their symptomatology found that more than a third of the patients in each group experienced their first symptoms before the age of 20 and in the older age-onset patients, misdiagnoses also included skin irritation, arthritis, and malingering.
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Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and Restless Legs Syndrome in Children With Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

TL;DR: It is proposed that the sleep disruption associated with periodic limb movement disorder and restless Legs syndrome and the motor restlessness of restless legs syndrome while awake could contribute to the inattention and hyperactivity seen in a subgroup of ADHD-diagnosed children.
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