Brief communication: Increases in geomagnetic activity are associated with increases in thyroxine levels in a single patient: Implications for melatonin levels

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 243-247

  O'Connor, R P ^a   Persinger, M A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

epilepsy; Geomagnetic activity; melatonin; thyroxine

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0030339744     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459609000617     Document Type: Article

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