Melatonin: Experience in its use for recording sleep EEG in children and review of the literature

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 163-166

  Eisermann, M ^a,b,c   Kaminska, A ^a,b,c   Berdougo, B ^a   Brunet, M L ^a  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c University Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

epilepsy; melatonin; sleep EEG

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MELATONIN; SLEEP;

EID: 78649300265     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1267920     Document Type: Article

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