Afternoon serum-melatonin in sleep disordered breathing

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-168

  Ulfberg, J ^a   Micic, S ^b   Strom J ^c  

^a Avesta Hospital   (Sweden)

^b Statens Seruminstitut ^*  (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Sleep apnoea; Somnolence

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE;

ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0031928526     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1998.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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