Twenty-four hour urinary excretion of 6-hydroxymelatonin sulfate in Down syndrome subjects

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-50

  Reiter, Russel J ^a   Barlow Walden, Lornell ^a   Poeggeler, Burkhard ^a   Heiden, Sherry M ^a   Clayton, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Down syndrome; Free radicals; Melatonin; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; 6-SULFATOXYMELATONIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030069501     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1996.tb00238.x     Document Type: Article

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