Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Sleep Disorders in Children

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 615-632

  Tsai, Ming Horng ^a,b   Huang, Yu Shu ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alertness; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMPHETAMINE; ATOMOXETINE; CABERGOLINE; DIHYDROERGOCRYPTINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IRON; PIRIBEDIL; PLACEBO; PRAMIPEXOLE; ROPINIROLE; SELEGILINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NIGHT SLEEP; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 77951698882     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2010.03.008     Document Type: Review

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