Plasma melatonin rhythm is maintained in human African trypanosomiasis

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-70

  Claustrat, Bruno ^a   Buguet, Alain ^b   Geoffriau, Martine ^a   Bogui, Pascal ^c   Mouanga, Gaston ^d   Stanghellini, André ^e   Dumas, Michel ^f  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Université de Brazzaville

^e Service des Grandes Endémies   (Congo)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Melatonin; Sleep; Sleeping sickness; Temperature; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; SLEEP; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031861666     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054351     Document Type: Article

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