Exogenous melatonin in Periodic Limb Movement Disorder: An open clinical trial and a hypothesis

Sleep

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-187

  Kunz, D ^a   Bes, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Locomotor activity; Melatonin; PLMD; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN QUICK SORB;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035869616     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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