Melatonin for the treatment of handicapped children with severe sleep disorders

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-232

  Jan, Mohammed M S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT; MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033771603     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(00)00188-0     Document Type: Article

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