Twenty-four hour of melatonin in patients with a history of pineal and/or hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal germinoma

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-166

  Murata, Jun Ichi ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Ikeda, Jun ^a   Hashimoto, Satoko ^a   Honma, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germinoma; Melatonin; Neurohypophysis; Pineal gland; Pituitary hormones

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; MELATONIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PINEALOCYTE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BRAIN TUMOR; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; PINEAL BODY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0031594858     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00554.x     Document Type: Article

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