Melatonin in the treatment of insomnia in children and adolescents

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 222-224

  Armour, David ^a   Paton, Carol ^a  

^a OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPHORIA; EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LATENT PERIOD; LICENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDLINE; REVIEW; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 2942687415     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.28.6.222     Document Type: Review

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