Sleep disorders in children with blindness

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 648-651

  Leger, Damien ^a,b   Prevot, Elisabeth ^b   Philip, Pierre ^b   Yence, Charlotte ^b   Labaye, Nadine ^b   Paillard, Michel ^b   Guilleminault, Christian ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 0032856173     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199910)46:4<648::AID-ANA14>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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