Analgesic, anxiolytic and anaesthetic effects of melatonin: new potential uses in pediatrics.

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Published in Int J Mol Sci on January 06, 2015

Authors

Lucia Marseglia1, Gabriella D'Angelo2, Sara Manti3, Salvatore Aversa4, Teresa Arrigo5, Russel J Reiter6, Eloisa Gitto7

Author Affiliations

1: Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina 98125, Italy. lmarseglia@unime.it.
2: Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina 98125, Italy. gabridangelo@alice.it.
3: Unit of Paediatric Genetics and Immunology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98125, Italy. saramanti@hotmail.it.
4: Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina 98125, Italy. aversalvo@hotmail.com.
5: Unit of Paediatric Genetics and Immunology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, Messina 98125, Italy. tarrigo@unime.it.
6: Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 40729, USA. reiter@uthscsa.edu.
7: Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina 98125, Italy. egitto@unime.it.

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