Influence of melatonin administration on glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity of postmenopausal women

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 339-346

  Cagnacci, Angelo ^a,d   Arangino, Serenella ^a   Renzi, Antonietta ^a   Paoletti, Anna Maria ^b   Melis, Gian Benedetto ^b   Cagnacci, Paolo ^c   Volpe, Annibale ^a  

^a Fertility Unit   (Italy)

^b Institute of Obstetric and Gynaecology of Cagliari   (Italy)

^c Respiratory Pathophysiology   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; METABOLIC REGULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-PEPTIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINEAR MODELS; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0035072930     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2001.01232.x     Document Type: Article

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