Measurement of melatonin in body fluids: Standards, protocols and procedures

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 879-891

  De Almeida, Eduardo Alves ^a   Di Mascio, Paolo ^b   Harumi, Tatsuo ^c   Spence, D Warren ^d   Moscovitch, Adam ^e   Hardeland, Rüdiger ^f   Cardinali, Daniel P ^g   Brown, Gregory M ^h   Pandi Perumal, S R ⁱ  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d Sleep and Fatigue Institute ^*  (Canada)

^e Sleep and Fatigue Institute   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^h CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

ⁱ Somnogen Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Circadian rhythms; Enzyme linked immunoassay; High performance liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Melatonin; Radioimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

BODY FLUID; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 79959748023     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1278-8     Document Type: Review

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