Melatonin and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 399-403

  Brodner, Wolfram ^a   Krepler, Petra ^a   Nicolakis, Michael ^a   Langer, Manuael ^a   Kaider, Alexandra ^a   Lack, Werner ^b   Waldhauser, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Krankhs der Barmherzigen Schwestern ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MALE; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034098154     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.82B3.10208     Document Type: Article

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