Randomized, double-blind clinical trial, controlled with placebo, of the toxicology of chronic melatonin treatment

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 193-200

  De Seabra, Maria Lourdes V ^a   Bignotto, Magda ^a   Pinto Jr , Luciano R ^a   Tufik, Sergio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Polysomnography; Side effects; Sleep; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; FOLLITROPIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UREA; URIC ACID; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0033791313     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0633.2002.290401.x     Document Type: Article

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