Delayed sleep phase syndrome: A placebo-controlled cross-over study on the effects of melatonin administered five hours before the individual dim light melatonin onset

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-143

  Nagtegaal, J E ^a   Kerkhof, G A ^c   Smits, M G ^b   Swart, A C W ^b   Van Der Meer, Y G ^a  

^a GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Physiology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Delayed sleep phase syndrome (dsps); Dim light melatonin onset; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031817812     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1998.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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