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Are growing pains a parasomnia

Authors: Florence A Aeschlimann, Helene Werner, Oskar G Jenni, Rotraud K Saurenmann

Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology | Special Issue 1/2012

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The so called growing pains (GP) are affecting 4-37% of all children with a peak incidence in the preschool years. The underlying cause of this medically harmless but perturbing condition is still unknown. Although parasomnias (e.g., sleep terrors, sleep talking, sleep walking) share several common features with GP such as age at onset, daytime of appearance, self-limited course and complete absence of symptoms on the following day, an association has not been established between the 2 conditions. …

Title: Are growing pains a parasomnia
Authors: Florence A Aeschlimann
Helene Werner
Oskar G Jenni
Rotraud K Saurenmann
Publication date: 01-07-2012
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology / Issue Special Issue 1/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-10-S1-A78

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