Vol. 21 (6) 2000 Neuro endocrinology letters

Melatonin concentrations in patients with large goiter before and after surgery.

: OBJECTIVES: Surgical removal of a very large goiter may traumatize adjacent anatomical structures. The manipulations that involve superior cervical ganglia may alter melatonin secretion. To test this hypothesis we decided to study diurnal serum melatonin profiles in patients with a very large goiter before and after the surgery. MATER.....