Sleep Disorders in Blind Children

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-10-7

Keywords:

Chronic Illness, Sleepwalking, Awakening too Early

Abstract

The frequency and type of sleep disorders in 77 blind children, from 3 to 18 years of age, were compared with 79 matched controls, using a 42-item questionnaire in a study at the Stanford University Sleep Disorders Center, Stanford, CA, and the Laboratoire du Sommeil, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de l’Hotel-Dieu a Paris, France.

Published

1999-10-01

Issue

Section

Sleep Disorders