Diurnal profile of melatonin concentrations in patients with major depression: Relationship to the clinical manifestation and antidepressant treatment

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 192-198

  Szymanska, A ^a   Rabe Jablonska, J ^a   Karasek, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antidepressant treatment; Diurnal rhythms; Major depression; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NIGHT; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0034911869     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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