Title |
Elevated daytime melatonin concentrations in autism: A pilot study
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Published in |
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, April 1993
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DOI | 10.1007/bf02098862 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Edward R. Ritvo, Riva Ritvo, Arthur Yuwiler, Anne Brothers, B. J. Freeman, Selma Plotkin |
Abstract |
Concentrations of melatonin in overnight and first-voiding urine samples from 10 people with autism, 15 parents, 1 grandparent, 9 sibs without autism, and 10 healthy, unrelated volunteers, were measured by radioimmunoassay. Those with autism had significantly higher melatonin concentrations in the first voiding samples than controls. Groups did not differ in overnight melatonin concentrations. These preliminary results warrant replication and extension. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 28 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 18% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 11% |
Researcher | 3 | 11% |
Student > Master | 3 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 2 | 7% |
Other | 7 | 25% |
Unknown | 5 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Psychology | 5 | 18% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 14% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 11% |
Neuroscience | 3 | 11% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 7% |
Other | 4 | 14% |
Unknown | 7 | 25% |
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