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Abstract

SLEEP PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN The importance and impact of sleep on health has earned more attention in the recent years, being sleep problems a common source of concern among parents. Sleep plays a key role not only biologically, but also emotionally and socially. Sleep problems can have a significant negative impact on children and their families. In this article we intend to deal with basic information to be used by clinicians when confronted with the parents´ concerns about children´s common sleep problems.We will focus on the fundamental aspects of normal sleep architecture and sleep patterns development, followed by an explanation about the clinically more relevant sleep problems in children and adolescents.