Postoperative delirium and plasma melatonin

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-106

  Uchida, K ^a   Aoki, T ^a   Ishizuka, B ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; MELATONIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLOOD LEVEL; DELIRIUM; HEMODIALYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032827293     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1998.0724     Document Type: Article

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