HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI

CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS AND SLEEP
IN NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSES

Erika Kirveskari

ACADEMIC DISSERTATION

To be publicly discussed by permission of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Helsinki, in the Niilo Hallman Hall of the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Stenbäckinkatu 11,Helsinki, on October 19, 2000 at 12 noon.

HELSINKI 2000

Supervisor:

Professor Pirkko Santavuori
Hospital for Children and Adolescents
Department of Pediatric Neurology
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland

Reviewers:

Docent Irma Holopainen
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology
University of Turku
Turku, Finland

Professor Juhani Partanen
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology
University of Kuopio
Kuopio, Finland

Opponent:

Docent Jaakko Ignatius
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology
Jorvi Hospital
Espoo, Finland

ISBN 952-91-2646-8 (nid.)
ISBN 952-91-2647-6 (HTML)
ISBN 952-91-2648-4 (PDF)
http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/

Yliopistopaino
Helsinki 2000