Sleep problems in autism: Prevalence, cause, and intervention

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-66

  Richdale, Amanda L ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; INFANT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS;

ANXIETY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 0032958581     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299000122     Document Type: Review

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