Melatonin is responsible for the nocturnal increase observed in serum and thymus of thymosin α1 and thymulin concentrations: observations in rats and humans
- 3 January 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Neuroimmunology
- Vol. 103 (2) , 180-188
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-5728(99)00237-4
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