Clinical experience suggests that modafinil is an effective and safe treatment for paediatric narcolepsy

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 481-483

  Lecendreux, Michel ^a   Bruni, Oliviero ^b   Franco, Patricia ^c   Gringras, Paul ^d   Konofal, Eric ^a   Nevsimalova, Sona ^e   Paiva, Teresa ^f   Partinen, Markku ^g   Peeters, Els ^h   Peraita Adrados, Rosa ⁱ   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^j   Poli, Francesca ^j  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOÃO LOBO ANTUNES   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL;

ANOREXIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LETTER; NARCOLEPSY; NERVOUSNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOLEPSY;

EID: 84863774625     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2011.00991.x     Document Type: Letter

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