Diurnal melatonin patterns in children: Ready to apply in clinical practice?

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 70-76

  Praninskien, Rta ^a   Dumalakien, Irena ^b   Kemežys, Robertas ^a   Mauricas, Mykolas ^b   Jučaite, Aurelija ^c  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Center for Innovative Medicine   (Lithuania)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; SLEEP QUALITY;

EID: 84856108559     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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