Longitudinal evaluation of the development of salivary cortisol circadian rhythm in infancy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-161

  Santiago, Luciano B ^a   Jorge, Salim M ^a   Moreira, Ayrton C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA;

EID: 0030054357     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.645466.x     Document Type: Article

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