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Editorial

Treatment of sleep disorders in youth with ADHD: what is the evidence from randomised controlled trials and how should the field move forward?

Samuele CorteseDepartment of Psychology, Developmental Brain-Behaviour Laboratory, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Clinical and Experimental Sciences (CNS and Psychiatry) and Department of Child Psychiatry, Solent NHS Trust, Southampton, UK;Department of Child Psychiatry, New York University Child Study Center, New York City, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Marco AngrimanDepartment of Pediatrics, Child Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Unit, Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, ItalyView further author information
Pages 525-527 | Received 07 Feb 2017, Accepted 23 Mar 2017, Published online: 04 Apr 2017

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