Melatonin and childhood refractory epilepsy - a pilot study

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Paprocka, Justyna ^a   Dec, Renata ^a   Jamroz, Ewa ^a   Marszał, Elzbieta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Melatonin; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SLEEP; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SECRETION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELATONIN; PILOT PROJECTS; SLEEP;

EID: 77957961902     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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