Diagnosis of growing pains in a Brazilian pediatric population: a prospective investigation.
Einstein (Sao Paulo)
; 8(4): 430-2, 2010 Dec.
Article
em En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26760324
OBJECTIVE: To establish the clinical aspects of growing pains and to determine, through differential diagnosis, how many patients who referred themselves to a specialized clinic were found to have growing pains. METHODS: This study prospectively examined the presence of growing pains in a self-reported population of children and adolescents with signs and symptoms (lower limb pains) of unexplained etiology. RESULTS: A total of 345 children and adolescents were evaluated; 174 (50.4%) were males and 171 (49.6%) were females. Three hundred cases were classified as growing pains (87%). CONCLUSION: A high frequency of growing pains was found in our study population and it shows that in a prospective evaluation of patients with signs and symptoms of unknown etiology we can find a frequency higher than that reported in literature.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
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Pt
Revista:
Einstein (Sao Paulo)
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Brasil