Potentially beneficial cardiovascular effects of melatonin administration in women

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-19

  Cagnacci, Angelo ^a,b   Arangino, Serenella ^a   Angiolucci, Marco ^a   Maschio, Elisabetta ^a   Longu, Giorgio ^a   Melis, Gian Benedetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Fisiopatologia della Riproduzione Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Blood pressure; Catecholamines; Circulation; Humans; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0030642015     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00297.x     Document Type: Article

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