Sleep in children with autism spectrum disorders

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-161

  Johnson, Kyle P ^a   Malow, Beth A ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUVOXAMINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; MELATONIN; MIRTAZAPINE; PREGABALIN; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOTHERAPY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; HUMANS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 41549168158     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-008-0025-y     Document Type: Review

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