Sleep disorders in visually impaired children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 348-352

  Stores, Gregory ^b   Ramchandani, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP DISORDERS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032895487     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299000766     Document Type: Review

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