Case study: Melatonin in severe obesity

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 412-416

  Shafii, Mohammad ^a   MacMillan, Duncan R ^b   Key, Mary P ^b   Kaufman, Nancy ^b   Nahinsky, Irwin D ^b  

^a Bingham Child Guidance Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adolescence; melatonin; pineal gland; severe obesity

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN; MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031018238     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199703000-00021     Document Type: Article

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