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Data Processing in Chronobiological Studies

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Observations of plants and animals show that their activities are time dependent. Measurements of physiological quantities as a function of time often display the presence of more or less repetitive patterns in living organisms, including man. Such observations raise many questions. Is a pattern, i. e. a rhythm, present or do we only observe random fluctuations? How are we able to characterize what we see? Precise answers to these questions require the choice of procedures, giving us pertinent parameters, to qualify and quantify our observations.

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  1. Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpétrière, Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale, 91, Boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75634, Paris Cedex 13, France

    Yvan Touitou (Professor of Biochemistry) (Professor of Biochemistry)

  2. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, 640 Jackson Street, 55101-259, St.Paul, MN, USA

    Erhard Haus (Professor, Chairman) (Professor, Chairman)

  3. Department of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, 640 Jackson Street, 55101-259, St.Paul, MN, USA

    Erhard Haus (Professor, Chairman) (Professor, Chairman)

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De Prins, J., Hecquet, B. (1992). Data Processing in Chronobiological Studies. In: Touitou, Y., Haus, E. (eds) Biologic Rhythms in Clinical and Laboratory Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78734-8_7

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