Melatonin effects on the female genital system: A brief review;Efeitos da melatonina no sistema genital feminino: Breve revisão

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-271

  Maganhin, Carla C ^a   Carbonel, Adriana Aparecida Ferraz ^a   Hatty, Juliana Halley ^a   Fuchs, Luiz Fernando Portugal ^a   De Oliveira Jr , Itamar Souza ^a   Simões, Manuel De Jesus ^a   Simões, Ricardo S ^a   Baracat, Edmund C ^a   Soares Jr , José Maria ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Veterinário Sena Madureira   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Female genital system; Melatonin; Ovary; Pineal; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MELATONIN;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; OVARY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; REVIEW; SLEEP; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERUS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PINEAL GLAND; SLEEP; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERUS;

EID: 47249113984     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-42302008000300022     Document Type: Review

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