Melatonin treatment in children with developmental disabilities

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-187

  Schwichtenberg, A J ^a   Malow, Beth A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; Autism; Developmental disabilities; Melatonin; Sleep; Smith Magenis syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MELATONIN; PLACEBO; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENURESIS; FATIGUE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LOOSE FECES; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SMITH MAGENIS SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VOMITING; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SLEEP; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MELATONIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

EID: 84930374442     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2015.02.008     Document Type: Review

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