Could long-term administration of melatonin to prepubertal children affect timing of puberty? A clinician’s perspective

Exogenous melatonin can be used to treat sleep disturbance in adults, children, and adolescents. While its short-term use is considered safe, there are some concerns that long-term use might delay children’s sexual maturation, possibly by disrupting the decline in nocturnal melatonin levels that occ...

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Autores principales: Boafo, Addo, Greenham, Stephanie, Alenezi, Shuliweeh, Robillard, Rébecca, Pajer, Kathleen, Tavakoli, Paniz, De Koninck, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2019
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Perspectives
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6362935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30774488
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S181365

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6362935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30774488
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S181365

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