Melatonin: An option for managing sleep disorders in children with autism spectrum disorder

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-101

  Damiani, Justina M ^a   Sweet, Burgunda V ^a   Sohoni, Pamela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Saint Joseph Mercy Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENURESIS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOTHERMIA; IMPULSIVENESS; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RASH; RESTLESSNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84905485676     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp130215     Document Type: Article

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