Emergence and evolution of the circadian rhythm of melatonin in children

Hormone Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 66-72

  Ardura, Julio ^a,b   Gutierrez, Regina ^a   Andres, Jesus ^a   Agapito, Teresa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Departamento de Pediatria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Circadian rhythm; Infants; Newborns; Salivary melatonin; Urinary sulfatoxymelatonin

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRIEDMAN TEST; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL;

AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; SLEEP;

EID: 0037276546     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068571     Document Type: Article

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