Effects of melatonin in perimenopausal and menopausal women: Our personal experience

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1057, Issue , 2005, Pages 393-402

  Bellipanni, Giulio ^a,b   Di Marzo, F ^a   Blasi, F ^a   Di Marzo, A ^a  

^a Madonna delle Grazie Health Institute   (Italy)

^b Madonna della Grazie Health Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Melatonin; Menopause

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; STEROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY CYCLE; PINEAL BODY; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 32244439693     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1356.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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