Vol. 20 (1-2) 1999 Neuro endocrinology letters

A half-yearly aspect of circulating melatonin in pregnancies complicated by intrauterine growth retardation.

: In investigating mechanisms underlying intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), circulating melatonin and cortisol were radioimmunoassayed. Blood samples were collected every 4 hours during 24 hours on a strict 24-hour standardized routine in hospital from two groups of women in their third trimester of pregnancy. One group consisted o.....