Viewing humorous film improves night-time wakening in children with atopic dermatitis

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-285

  Kimata, Hajime ^a,b  

^a Moriguchi Keijinkai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Moriguchi Keijinkai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Night time wakening; Salivary ghrelin; Viewing humorous film

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE;

ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; WAKEFULNESS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; LAUGHTER THERAPY; MALE; MOTION PICTURES; PEPTIDE HORMONES; SALIVA; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 34247479690     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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