Melatonin as a sleep inductor for electroencephalogram recordings in children

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 683-685

  Wassmer, Evangeline ^a   Quinn, Elaine ^a   Whitehouse, William ^a   Seri, Stefano ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Melatonin; Sleep deprivation; Sleep electroencephalogram

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP STAGE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035077675     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00554-X     Document Type: Article

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