Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1132-1138 , December 2009

Sleep disorders in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) recorded overnight by video-polysomnography

  • Rosalia Silvestri

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Medicine Centre, Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatric and Anaesthesiological Sciences, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria n1, Messina, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 0902212289; fax: +39 0902923847.
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  • Antonella Gagliano

      Affiliations

    • Division of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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  • Irene Aricò

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Medicine Centre, Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatric and Anaesthesiological Sciences, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria n1, Messina, Italy
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  • Tiziana Calarese

      Affiliations

    • Division of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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  • Clemente Cedro

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Medicine Centre, Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatric and Anaesthesiological Sciences, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria n1, Messina, Italy
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  • Oliviero Bruni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Developmental Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders, Roma, Italy
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  • Rosaria Condurso

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Medicine Centre, Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatric and Anaesthesiological Sciences, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria n1, Messina, Italy
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  • Eva Germanò

      Affiliations

    • Division of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Gervasi

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Medicine Centre, Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatric and Anaesthesiological Sciences, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria n1, Messina, Italy
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  • Rosamaria Siracusano

      Affiliations

    • Division of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Vita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Experimental Microbiology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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  • Placido Bramanti

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS, Centro Neurolesi “Bonino Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

Received 5 October 2008 ,Revised 27 March 2009 ,Accepted 14 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.04.003

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 10 , Pages 1132-1138 , December 2009

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