Melatonin and 6-Hydroxymelatonin Sulfate Excretion Is Inversely Correlated with Gonadal Development in Children

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 97-101

  Commentz, J C ^a   Uhlig, H ^a   Henke, A ^a   Hellwege, H H ^a   Willig, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxymelatonin sulfate; Adolescence; Adrenarche; Gonadotropins; Human development; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Preterm newborn; Puberty

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; GONADOTROPIN; MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENARCHE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FETUS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031043179     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000185442     Document Type: Article

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