Melatonin secretion in patients with pineal region tumors - Preliminary report

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 167-170

  Mandera, Marek ^a   Bazowski, Piotr ^a   Wencel, Tadeusz ^a   Dec, Renata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Melatonin; Pineal region tumors

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0032755555     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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