Nocturnal melatonin and 24-hour 6-sulphatoxymelatonin levels in various phases of bipolar affective disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 219-222

  Kennedy, Sidney H ^a,b   Kutcher, Stanley P ^b,c   Ralevski, Elizabeth ^a   Brown, Gregory M ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depressed mood; Mania; Mircadian rhythms

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030608139     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(96)02910-1     Document Type: Article

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