The clinical value of the maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT) in the differentiation of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and disorders of excessive somnolence

Somnologie

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 141-144

  Frölich, Jan ^b   Wiater, Alfred ^a   Lehmkuhl, Gerd ^b   Niewerth, Hansjörg ^b  

^a Krankenhaus Porz am Rhein   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alertness; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Daytime sleepiness; Excessive somnolence; Maintenance of wakefulness test

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035666804     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-054X.2001.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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