Saliva as a valid alternative in monitoring melatonin concentrations in newborn infants

✍ Scribed by Soyhan Bagci; Andreas Mueller; Jochen Reinsberg; Axel Heep; Peter Bartmann; Axel R. Franz

Book ID: 113572337
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 146 KB
Volume: 85
Category: Article
ISSN: 0378-3782
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.06.003

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