Dose finding of melatonin for chronic idiopathic childhood sleep onset insomnia: An RCT

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 379-391

  Van Geijlswijk, Ingeborg M ^a,b   Van Der Heijden, Kristiaan B ^c   Egberts, A C G ^b,d   Korzilius, Hubert P L M ^e   Smits, Marcel G ^f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic sleep onset insomnia; Dose finding; Elementary school aged children; Melatonin treatment; Randomized placebo controlled

Indexed keywords

DESLORATADINE; FLUTICASONE; HYDROXYZINE; KETOTIFEN; LACTITOL; LEVOCETIRIZINE; MELATONIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; TRIMETHOPRIM; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEEK; CHILD; CHRONIC SLEEP ONSET INSOMNIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIM LIGHT MELATONIN ONSET; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; EAR LOBE; EVENING DOSAGE; EYE; EYE REDNESS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED CHEEK; RED EAR LOBE; REDUCING SLEEP ONSET LATENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP ONSET; SLEEP PARAMETERS; STOMACH PAIN;

ACTIGRAPHY; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MELATONIN; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649321330     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-1962-0     Document Type: Article

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