Cyclic alternating pattern: A window into pediatric sleep

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 628-636

  Bruni, Oliviero ^a   Novelli, Luana ^a   Miano, Silvia ^b   Parrino, Liborio ^c   Terzano, Mario Giovanni ^c   Ferri, Raffaele ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Cyclic alternating pattern; Disorder of arousal; Infants; Narcolepsy; Neuropsychological deficits; Sleep disordered breathing; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DOWN SYNDROME; DYSLEXIA; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; NARCOLEPSY; NIGHTMARE; NONREM SLEEP; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WALKING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; PERIODICITY; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 77954942809     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.10.003     Document Type: Review

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