Sleep Disorders and Daytime Sleepiness in Children with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactive Disorder
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Sleep disorders and daytime sleepiness in children with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder.
STUDY OBJECTIVES Children with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD), in spite of being hyperactive, still benefit from treatment with stimulant medications. We hypothesized that children with ADHD are in fact sleepy during the day, and we sought to test it objectively. DESIGN Single blind comparative study SETTING University medical center PARTICIPANTS Thirty-four children with a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sleep
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0161-8105,1550-9109
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/27.2.261