The use of exogenous melatonin in delayed sleep phase disorder: A meta-analysis

Sleep

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1605-1614

  Van Geijlswijk, Ingeborg M ^a,b   Korzilius, Hubert P L M ^c   Smits, Marcel G ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delayed sleep phase disorder; Melatonin; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECREASED APPETITE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 78649878885     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/33.12.1605     Document Type: Article

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