Impaired nocturnal melatonin in acute phase of ischaemic stroke: Cross-sectional matched case-control analysis

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 657-663

  Atanassova, Penka A ^a   Terzieva, D D ^a   Dimitrov, B D ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b BORDANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute ischaemic stroke; Bulgaria; Cortisol; Melatonin; Modelling

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHOTOPERIOD; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67149134840     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01881.x     Document Type: Article

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