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As a paediatrician, you are asked to see a 7-year old boy, Timmy, and his family for his problem of bed-wetting. Timmy enjoyed good past health all along. His parents are worried of his on-going problem of bed-wetting occurring 3–4 times each week. Despite adopting measures for the past 6 months of reducing fluid intake at night and urinating before sleep there has been no improvement.

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    Kate Ching-ching Chan

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Chan, L.C.N. (2022). Enuresis. In: Li, A.M., Chan, K.Cc. (eds) Paediatric Sleep Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5791-8_15

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