Pineal dysfunction (low melatonin production) as a cause of sudden death in a long-term survivor of langerhans cell histiocytosis?
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Shinsaku Imashuku MD
Kyoto City Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto, Japan
Director, Kyoto City Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, 1-2 Higashi-Takada-cho, Mibu, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8845, Japan.Search for more papers by this authorYoshiko Morimoto MD
Division of Pediatrics, Nantan General Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorAkira Morimoto MD
Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTohru Yamamoto MD
Division of Pediatrics, Nantan General Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShigeyoshi Hibi MD
Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShinjiro Todo MD
Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Shinsaku Imashuku MD
Kyoto City Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto, Japan
Director, Kyoto City Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, 1-2 Higashi-Takada-cho, Mibu, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8845, Japan.Search for more papers by this authorYoshiko Morimoto MD
Division of Pediatrics, Nantan General Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorAkira Morimoto MD
Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTohru Yamamoto MD
Division of Pediatrics, Nantan General Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShigeyoshi Hibi MD
Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShinjiro Todo MD
Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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