Melatonin treatment for circadian rhythm sleep disorders

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 381-382

  Kamei, Yuichi ^a   Hayakawa, Tatsuro ^a   Urata, Jujiro ^a   Uchiyama, Makoto ^b   Shibui, Kayo ^b   Kim, Keiko ^b   Kudo, Yoshihisa ^b   Okawa, Masako ^b  

^a 1 7 1 Kohnodai   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delayed sleep phase syndrome; Melatonin; Non 24 h sleep wake syndrome; Phase shift

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033947615     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00724.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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