Childhood Onset Restless Legs Syndrome

Thirtytwo of 538 subjects 59 examined in our sleep disorders center received diagnoses of restless legs syndrome.

Childhood onset restless legs syndrome. The diagnosis of RLSPLMD. We administered intravenous iron sucrose to 16 such patients. Search worldwide life-sciences literature Search.

Five illustrative case histories with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance are described. 4 Muhle H Neumann A Lohmann-Hedrich K Lohnau T Lu Y Winkler S. However it can have its onset in childhood.

Symptoms of RLS may start as early as the first year of life are accompanied by low ferritin levels and a high PLMSI and can be ameliorated by iron supplementation. They were classified based on published criteria into probable n 932 or 28 and definite n 2332 or 78 categories. Thirty-two of 538 subjects 59 examined in our sleep disorders center received diagnoses of restless legs syndrome.

Thirty-two of 538 subjects 59 examined in our sleep disorders center received diagnoses of restless legs syndrome. An increased awareness and knowledge of RLS in early childhood are warranted. Oral iron supplementation had a positive ferritinconcentrationdependent clinical effect.

6 12 4 and 1 12 years as well as a 16-year-old patient from a second family. Early-onset restless legs syndrome has a relatively high prevalence in pediatrics is highly familial and is often preceded by a diagnosis of periodic limb movement disorder or childhood insomnia. The clinical characteristics of childhoodonset restless legs syndrome are described.

The clinical characteristics of childhood-onset restless legs syndrome are described. Pediatric Restless Legs Syndrome. We included 23 children with RLS age at onset or 14 years from 22 families.