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Use of Melatonin for Sleep Disorders in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Domenico M Romeo, Giorgia Olivieri and Claudia Brogna

Sleep disorders are more frequent in in children with Cerebral Palsy than in typically developing children. Although no sleep interventions or trials specifically designed for sleep disorders in children with CP are reported in the literature, the use of melatonin has been proposed in improving sleep quality in these patients.