Reproducibility of the circadian rhythms of serum cortisol and melatonin in healthy subjects: A study of three different 24-h cycles over six weeks

Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 3339-3349

  Selmaoui, Brahim ^a,b   Touitou, Yvan ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Cortisol; Melatonin; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MARKER; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST;

EID: 0142188580     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.05.007     Document Type: Article

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