Plasma melatonin pattern in chronic and episodic headaches. Evaluation during sleep and waking

Functional Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-81

  Bruera, Osvaldo ^a   Sances, Grazia ^b   Leston, Jorge ^a   Levin, Gloria ^c   Cristina, Silvano ^b   Medina, Carlos ^d   Barontini, Marta ^c   Nappi, Giuseppe ^b,e   Figuerola, María De Lourdes ^a,c,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^d Hospital de Pediatria SAMIC Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan   (Argentina)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chronic migraine; Chronic tension type headache; Cluster headache; Melatonin; Sleep stages

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REM SLEEP; REMISSION; SLEEP STAGE; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLUSTER HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP STAGES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 50849127178     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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