Melatonin induces hyporeactivity caused by type II collagen in peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with autoimmune hearing losses

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-4

  Lopez Gonzalez, Miguel A ^a   M Guerrero, Juan ^b   Sanchez, Berta ^a   Francisco Delgado, ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lymphoblastic transformation; Melatonin; Meniere; Otosclerosis; Pineal gland; Sensorineural deafness

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MENIERE DISEASE; OTOSCLEROSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MELATONIN; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOSCLEROSIS;

EID: 0031565941     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00839-2     Document Type: Article

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