Treatment of sleep disorders with melatonin

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7882, 2012, Pages

  Lerchl, Alexander ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONIDINE; MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AUTISM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84868688884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e6968     Document Type: Editorial

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