The association between melatonin and sleep stages in normal adults and hypogonadal men

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 867-874

  Luboshitzky, Rafael ^a,b   Lavi, Shachar ^b   Lavie, Peretz ^b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Hypogonadism; Melatonin; Sleep stages; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

EID: 0032697990     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/22.7.867     Document Type: Article

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