Long-term follow-up of melatonin treatment in children with ADHD and chronic sleep onset insomnia

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Hoebert, Michel ^a,b   Van Der Heijden, Kristiaan B ^c   Van Geijlswijk, Ingeborg M ^d,e   Smits, Marcel G ^a  

^a GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Children; Chronic sleep onset insomnia; Long term follow up; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INSOMNIA; LAZINESS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NAUSEA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

AFFECT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 67649998213     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2009.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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