Melatonin excretion levels and polysomnographic sleep parameters in healthy subjects and patients with sleep-related disturbances

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 512-516

  Mahlberg, Richard ^a   Kunz, Dieter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Hypopinealism; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Polysomnography; Rapid eye movement sleep (REM sleep); Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PINEAL BODY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PARAMETERS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 34250833388     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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