Sleep in children with autistic spectrum disorder: A questionnaire and polysomnographic study

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-70

  Miano, Silvia ^a   Bruni, Oliviero ^b   Elia, Maurizio ^a   Trovato, Alessia ^a   Smerieri, Arianna ^c   Verrillo, Elisabetta ^b   Roccella, Michele ^d   Terzano, Mario G ^c   Ferri, Raffaele ^a  

^a OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Autistic spectrum disorder; Cyclic alternating pattern; Polysomnography; Sleep questionnaire; Sleep stages

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENURESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 35649006478     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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