title: [Melatonin in the international literature of the last twenty years].
abstract: Melatonin was not considered for a long time in medical culture and scientific research for the difficulties encountered in study protocols and for the obscure relevance in clinical practice. Today the pineal hormone has reached a great popularity, may be not strictly corresponding to the important role played in the regulation of many system function and the commercial diffusion has become extremely wide in some countries.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Opera di Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia.
authors.forename: Gianluigi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazzoccoli
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Cata
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carughi
authors.forename: Felice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Puzzolante
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: La Viola
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tarquini
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perfetto
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008550:Melatonin
chemical_list: D008550:Melatonin