Bright light suppresses melatonin in blind patients with neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1445-1450

  Hätönen, Taina ^b   Laakso, M L ^c   Heiskala, H ^a   Alila Johansson, A ^c   Sainio, K ^c   Santavuori, P ^c  

^a Rinnekoti Foundation Finland   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BLINDNESS; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0344734171     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.5.1445     Document Type: Article

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