Lack of changes in serum prolactin, FSH, TSH, and estradiol after melatonin treatment in doses that improve sleep and reduce benzodiazepine consumption in sleep-disturbed, middle-aged, and elderly patients

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-42

  Siegrist, Carlos ^a   Benedetti, Cristian ^a   Orlando, Angela ^b   Beltrán, Juan M ^c   Tuchscherr, Lorena ^c   Noseda, Claudia M J ^c   Brusco, Luis I ^c   Cardinali, Daniel P ^c  

^a Sanatorio Los Arroyos   (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio de Análisis Bioquímicos e Inmunológicos   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aging; Benzodiazepines; Estradiol; Follicle; Melatonin; Prolactin; Sleep disorders; Stimulating hormone; Subacute toxicity; Thyroid stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BENZODIAZEPINES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SAFETY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0035187347     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2001.300105.x     Document Type: Article

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