Relation of nocturnal melatonin levels to C-reactive protein concentration in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-12

  Dominguez Rodriguez, Alberto ^a   Garcia Gonzalez, Martín ^a   Abreu Gonzalez, Pedro ^b   Ferrer, Julio ^a   Kaski, Juan Carlos ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 29244465479     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.07.120     Document Type: Article

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