Thirty years of human pineal research: Do we know its clinical relevance?

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  García Patterson, Apolonia ^a   Puig Domingo, Manuel ^a   Webb, Susan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human; Melatonin; Pathology; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RESEARCH;

EID: 0029689184     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1996.tb00231.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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