Melatonin improves sleep quality of patients with chronic schizophrenia

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 373-377

  Shamir, Eyal ^a   Laudon, Moshe ^b   Barak, Yoram ^a   Anis, Yossi ^b   Rotenberg, Vadim ^a   Elizur, Avner ^a   Zisapel, Nava ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NEURIM PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; MELATONIN;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0034090018     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v61n0509     Document Type: Article

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