Sleep and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 685-698

  Reynolds, Ann M ^a   Malow, Beth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Neurodevelopment; Quality of life; Sleep

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; IRON; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE;

ACTIMETRY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONREM SLEEP; PARASOMNIA; PARENTAL STRESS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REM SLEEP; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP THERAPY; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WAKEFULNESS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 79956105152     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2011.03.009     Document Type: Review

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