Daily profiles of salivary and urinary melatonin and steroids in healthy prepubertal boys

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1009-1015

  Touitou, Yvan ^a   Auzéby, André ^a   Camus, Françoise ^a   Djeridane, Yasmina ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

6 sulphatoxymelatonin; Circadian rhythm; Cortisol; Melatonin; Prepuberty; Saliva; Steroids

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID; 6 SULPHATOXYMELATONIN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEROID URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 75749117561     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2009.22.11.1009     Document Type: Article

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