Low urinary 6-sulphatoxymelatonin concentrations in acute migraine

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 221-224

  Masruha, Marcelo Rodrigues ^a,b   de Souza Vieira, Domingos Sávio ^b   Minett, Thais Soares Cianciarullo ^a   Cipolla Neto, José ^c   Zukerman, Eliova ^b   Vilanova, Luiz Celso Pereira ^a   Peres, Mario Fernando Prieto ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Headache; Melatonin; Migraine; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 49149127340     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-008-0047-5     Document Type: Article

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