Evaluation of self-similar features in time series of serum growth hormone and prolactin levels by fractal analysis: Effect of delayed sleep and complexity of diurnal variation

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-225

  Noguchi, Toshifumi ^a,b   Yamada, Naoto ^a   Sadamatsu, Miyuki ^a   Kato, Nobumasa ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Takashima General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delayed sleep; Diurnal pattern; Fractal analysis; Fractal dimension; Growth hormone; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0031811202     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02253472     Document Type: Article

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