Use of melatonin to treat sleep disorders in tuberous sclerosis

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-126

  O'Callaghan, F J K ^a   Clarke, A A ^b   Hancock, E ^a   Hunt, A B A ^c   Osborne, J P ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Park Hospital for Children Oxford   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033007640     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299000237     Document Type: Article

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