Chronotypology and melatonin alterations in minimal hepatic encephalopathy

Journal of Circadian Rhythms

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Velissaris, Dimitrios ^a   Karamouzos, Vasilis ^a   Polychronopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Karanikolas, Menelaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 67650065448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17403391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1740-3391-7-6     Document Type: Article

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