Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 61-69 , June 2008

The Clinical and Laboratory Assessment of the Sleepy Child

  • Sanjeev V. Kothare, MD, FAAP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Sleep Center for Children, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Sanjeev V. Kothare, MD, FAAP, Sleep Center for Children, Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Fegan 9, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.
    • ,
  • Joseph Kaleyias, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.

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doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2008.03.003

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 61-69 , June 2008

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