Sleep Disorders in Childhood Neurogenetic Disorders
Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Children 2017, 4(9), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/children4090082
Received: 2 June 2017 / Revised: 16 August 2017 / Accepted: 21 August 2017 / Published: 12 September 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sleep Medicine in Children and Adolescents)
Genetic advances in the past three decades have transformed our understanding and treatment of many human diseases including neurogenetic disorders. Most neurogenetic disorders can be classified as “rare disease,” but collectively neurogenetic disorders are not rare and are commonly encountered in general pediatric practice. The authors decided to select eight relatively well-known neurogenetic disorders including Down syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Prader–Willi syndrome, Smith–Magenis syndrome, congenital central hypoventilation syndrome, achondroplasia, mucopolysaccharidoses, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Each disorder is presented in the following format: overview, clinical characteristics, developmental aspects, associated sleep disorders, management and research/future directions.
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Dosier, L.B.M.; Vaughn, B.V.; Fan, Z. Sleep Disorders in Childhood Neurogenetic Disorders. Children 2017, 4, 82. https://doi.org/10.3390/children4090082
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Dosier LBM, Vaughn BV, Fan Z. Sleep Disorders in Childhood Neurogenetic Disorders. Children. 2017; 4(9):82. https://doi.org/10.3390/children4090082
Chicago/Turabian StyleDosier, Laura B.M.; Vaughn, Bradley V.; Fan, Zheng. 2017. "Sleep Disorders in Childhood Neurogenetic Disorders" Children 4, no. 9: 82. https://doi.org/10.3390/children4090082
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