Onset and stability of melatonin treatment effect in childhood sleep onset insomnia;Início e estabilidade dos efeitos do tratamento com melatonina na insônia de início de sono infantil

Sleep Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-21

  van Geijlswijk, Ingeborg M ^a   Didden, Robert ^b   van der Heijden, Kristiaan B ^c   Smits, Marcel G ^d   van Leeuwe, Jan F ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Education; Melatonin therapeutic use; Primary and secondary; Sleep initiation and maintenance disorders drug therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649319702     PISSN: 19840659     EISSN: 19840063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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