1. The effectiveness of melatonin in Head banging: A case report
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Ezgi Eynalli-Gok, Aysegul Yolga-Tahiroglu, Özge Metin, Canan Kuygun-Karci, and Çukurova Üniversitesi
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Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Head (linguistics) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,lcsh:BF1-990 ,Neuroscience (miscellaneous) ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,lcsh:Consciousness. Cognition ,Case Report ,Imipramine ,Melatonin ,03 medical and health sciences ,Behavioral Neuroscience ,0302 clinical medicine ,Rhythmic movement disorder ,Medicine ,Girl ,Child ,media_common ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,business.industry ,Pharmacologic Agent ,lcsh:BF309-499 ,medicine.disease ,lcsh:Psychology ,Head-banging ,Sleep ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Head banging is one of the three typical subtypes of rhythmic movement disorder. It typically involves anteroposterior movements of the head. Rhythmic movement disorder usually resolves in early childhood but less commonly persists into adolescence and adulthood. Although benzodiazepines commonly used, the universal effectiveness of any pharmacologic agent has not been approved. Herein, we present an 8-year-old girl patient suffered from head banging who responded to melatonin after in failure to imipramine treatment. Although nocomplete remission has been obtained, this is the first melatonin trial in a child patient with headbanging. © 2019 Brazilian Association of Sleep and Latin American Federation of Sleep Societies. All rights reserved.
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- 2019
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