Melatonin production in infants: Association with perinatal factors and development

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 379-382

  Tauman, Riva ^a   Zisapel, Nava ^b,c   Laudon, Moshe ^b   Nehama, Haim ^d   Sivan, Yakov ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NEURIM PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Herczeg Institute on Aging Department of Health Promotion School of Public Health   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; METABOLITE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELATONIN; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0036280112     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(01)00417-9     Document Type: Article

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