Melatonin reference limits at 3:00 AM and 8:00 AM in healthy adults

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 55, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 359-361

  Terzieva, Dora D ^a   Mateva, Nonka D ^b   Vladimirova Kitova, Ljudmila G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ST GEORGE   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

ELISA; Melatonin; Reference limits; Serum

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SECRETION; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749113700     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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