title: Sleep disorders in childhood.
abstract: This review of sleep disorders in children uses a background of sleep physiology and normal development to propose an approach to the common disorders of wakefulness. A group of disorders associated with emergent sleep is presented. The less common disorders of hypersomnia are not discussed.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy