Insomnia symptoms, objective sleep duration and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in children

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 493-500

  Fernandez Mendoza, Julio ^a   Vgontzas, Alexandros N ^a   Calhoun, Susan L ^a   Vgontzas, Angeliki ^a   Tsaoussoglou, Marina ^a   Gaines, Jordan ^a   Liao, Duanping ^a   Chrousos, George P ^b   Bixler, Edward O ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Cortisol; Insomnia symptoms; Objective sleep duration

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANXIETY; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PEDIATRIC BEHAVIOR SCALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SLEEP TIME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CHEMISTRY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SALIVA; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 84901421378     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eci.12263     Document Type: Article

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