Insomnia in childhood

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 641-649

  Lipton, Jonathan ^a,b   Becker, Ronald E ^a,b   Kothare, Sanjeev V ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Children; Circadian; Homeostasis; Insomnia; Sleep loss

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CHAMOMILE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ESTAZOLAM; ESZOPICLONE; FLURAZEPAM; GUANFACINE; HYDROXYZINE; KAVA EXTRACT; LAVENDER OIL; MELATONIN; QUAZEPAM; RISPERIDONE; TEMAZEPAM; TRAZODONE; TRIAZOLAM; VALERIAN; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM;

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; COGNITION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIZZINESS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 57149106754     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32831897cb     Document Type: Review

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