A little girl with the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome showing a characteristic essential insomnia was examined clinically, genetically and hormonally. The values of arginin-vasotocin (AVT) implied in producing paradoxical sleep were normal. The relationship between AVT and insomnia is discussed.
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