The effect of melatonin administration on pituitary hormone secretion in man

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 637-642

  Forsling, Mary L ^a,c   Wheeler, M J ^b   Williams, A J ^b  

^a St Thomas' Campus ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; SODIUM ION; VASOPRESSIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HEMATOCRIT; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PINEAL BODY; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GROWTH HORMONE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MELATONIN; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; PROLACTIN; SODIUM; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0032731893     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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