Melatonin deficiency and fibrous dysplasia: Might a relation exist?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 552-554

  Abdel Wanis, M E ^a   Tsuchiya, H ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; SIALOPROTEIN; BONE SIALOPROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; JAFFE LICHTENSTEIN SYNDROME; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECOND MESSENGER;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; CYCLIC AMP; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA OF BONE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 0036839291     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00251-7     Document Type: Article

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