Melatonin and its relation to the immune system and inflammation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 917, Issue , 2000, Pages 376-386

  Reiter, Russel J ^a   Calvo, Juan R ^a   Karbownik, Malgorzata ^a   Qi, Wenbo ^a   Tan, Dun Xian ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

CELL MIGRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDEMA; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY;

EID: 0033676245     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05402.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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