Melatonin arrhythmia is corrected after liver transplantation

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1862-1863

  Cordoba, Juan ^a   Steindl, Petra ^a   Blei, Andres T ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; INTERFERON; LACTULOSE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CLEARANCE; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650423991     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.171     Document Type: Letter

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