The relationship of nocturnal melatonin to estradiol and progesterone in depressed and healthy pregnant women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 649-655

  Posadas, Emerson S ^a   Meliska, Charles J ^a   Martinez, Luis F ^a   Sorenson, Diane L ^a   Lopez, Ana M ^a   Nowakowski, Sara ^a   Hauger, Richard ^a   Parry, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MELATONIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84862230262     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2011.3191     Document Type: Article

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