The influence of melatonin on human reproduction;Wpływ melatoniny na czynność gonad u człowieka

Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski

Volumn 23, Issue 134, 2007, Pages 128-130

  Boczek Leszczyk, Emilia ^a   Juszczak, Marlena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Gonads; Luteinizing hormone; Melatonin; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GONAD; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MELATONIN; MENOPAUSE; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 34548583690     PISSN: 14269686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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