Pineal dysfunction (low melatonin production) as a cause of sudden death in a long-term survivor of Langerhans cell histiocytosis?
Med Pediatr Oncol
.
2003 Aug;41(2):151-3.
doi: 10.1002/mpo.10304.
Authors
Shinsaku Imashuku
1
,
Yoshiko Morimoto
,
Akira Morimoto
,
Tohru Yamamoto
,
Shigeyoshi Hibi
,
Shinjiro Todo
Affiliation
1
Kyoto City Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto, Japan. shinim95@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp
PMID:
12825223
DOI:
10.1002/mpo.10304
No abstract available
Publication types
Case Reports
MeSH terms
Adolescent
Death, Sudden / etiology*
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Melatonin / biosynthesis*
Pineal Gland / physiopathology*
Scoliosis / etiology
Substances
Melatonin