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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 6, Pages 615-619Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2013.05.004
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Childhood parasomnias; Perinatal risk factors; Developmental and sleep comorbidities; Etiology
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- Czech Ministry of Education and Youth [0021620849, PRVOUK-P26/LF1/4]
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Background: Childhood parasomnias are believed to be a benign disorder due to immaturity of some neural circuits, synapses and receptors. The aim of our study was to explore a possible connection with other neurological developmental disorders. Methods: 72 children (mean age 9.9 +/- 5.0 years, 47 boys) were clinically examined and 88 nocturnal v-PSG and 22 v-EEG recordings were evaluated. The most frequent diagnostic findings were: sleepwalking in 24 children, confusional arousal in 21, sleep terror in 8, groaning and enuresis each in 7, non-specific arousal disorder in 4 patients, and REM-related parasomnia in only one child. For statistical evaluation chi-square test, the two-sample t-test and Mann Whitney rank test were used. Results: Perinatal risk history was found in 38% of the cohort. Developmental disorders were diagnosed in 30 children (41.7%), more frequently in combinations with: attention-hyperactivity disorder (30.6%), dyslexia and dysgraphia (13.9%), developmental dysphasia (9.7%), mild motor and/or intellectual dysfunction (6.9%). Abnormal movements in sleep, some of them also regarded as developmental, were diagnosed in 37 children (51.4%). Sleep-related breathing disorders were found in 29 patients (40.3%)-snoring (29.2%) and/or sleep apnea (11.1%). Only 16.7% had no comorbidity. Most of the children (60%) showed 2 or 3, exceptionally up to 5 comorbidities. Children, in whom no parasomnia was found in close relatives, had a mild but non-significant earlier onset of the disease (4.4 +/- 4.0 against 6.3 +/- 4.3 years). Conclusion: Childhood parasomnias are frequently associated with perinatal risk factors and developmental comorbidities, and can be regarded as a disorder of sleep maturation. (C) 2013 European Paediatric Neurology Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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