Skeletal disorders associated with skin pigmentation: A role of melatonin?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 61, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 640-642

  Abdel Wanis, M E ^a   Kawahara, N ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MINERALIZATION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0242467480     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00265-2     Document Type: Article

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