Evaluation of melatonin on the precocious puberty: A pilot study

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 519-523

  De Holanda, Felisbela Soares ^a   Tufik, Sérgio ^a   Bignotto, Magda ^a   Maganhin, Carla G ^a   Vieira, Lucia Helena Laprano ^a   Baracat, Edmund C ^b   Soares Jr , José Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Girls; melatonin; precocious puberty; sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PITUITARY HORMONES; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 79959988412     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2010.501888     Document Type: Article

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