Eczema and sleep and its relationship to daytime functioning in children

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 359-369

  Camfferman, Danny ^a   Kennedy, John D ^a,b   Gold, Michael ^a,b   Martin, Alfred J ^a,b   Lushington, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atopic Dermatitis; Behaviour; Childhood; Daytime functioning; Eczema; Itch; Neurocognitive; Quality of Life; Scratch; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AZELASTINE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; PIMECROLIMUS; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TACROLIMUS;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ECZEMA; HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCRATCHING; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 77957869956     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2010.01.004     Document Type: Review

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