Sleep patterns and sleep disorders in children with autistic spectrum disorders: Insights using parent report and actigraphy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 372-380

  Wiggs, Luci ^a   Stores, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 2542571706     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162204000611     Document Type: Article

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