Decreased serum melatonin levels in rats with experimental autoimmune uveitis/pinealitis and in patients with uveitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 175-182

  Abe, Tohru ^a   Tamada, Hirofumi ^a   Koizumi, Toshiki ^a   Nakajima, Ako ^a   Satoh, Naoki ^a   Sakuragi, Shozo ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Circadian rhythm; Experimental autoimmune uveitis pinealitis; Melatonin; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BEHCET DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; MALE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL BODY DISEASE; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SARCOIDOSIS; UVEITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

EID: 0030498467     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273949609079650     Document Type: Article

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