Endocrinological disorders. Focusing on melatonin's interactions

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-182

  Blaicher, Wibke ^a   Imhof, Martin H ^a   Gruber, Doris M ^a   Schneeberger, Christian ^a   Sator, Michael O ^a   Huber, Johannes C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

6 Sulfatoxymelatonin; Hyperandrogenemia; Hyperprolactinemia; Hypothyreosis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MELATONIN; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0032884618     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010169     Document Type: Article

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