Melatonin rhythms in patients with cirrhosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 220-222

  Montagnese, Sara ^a,c   Middleton, Benita ^b   Mani, Ali R ^a   Skene, Debra J ^b   Morgan, Marsha Y ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLASMA; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73849141611     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.549     Document Type: Letter

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