Pharmacokinetics of melatonin in human sexual maturation

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1882-1886

  Cavallo, Anita ^a,c   Ritschel, Wolfgang A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; DRUG METABOLITE; MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFUSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PILOT PROJECTS; SALIVA; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0029880227     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.5.1882     Document Type: Article

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