Melatonin in postmenopausal females

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 263, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 116-118

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

6 Sulfatoxymelatonin; Depression; Hyperprolactinemia; Insomnia; Obesity; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; URINE LEVEL;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 0034056456     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040050008     Document Type: Article

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