Effects of single nightly injections of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH 1-29) in healthy elderly men

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-96

  Vittone, Janet ^c   Blackman, Marc R ^a   Busby Whitehead, Jan ^c   Tsiao, Chris ^c   Stewart, Kerry J ^c   Tobin, Jordan ^c   Stevens, Tom ^c   Bellantoni, Michele F ^c   Rogers, Marc A ^c   Baumann, Gerhard ^c   Roth, Jesse ^c   Harman, S Mitchell ^c   Spencer, Richard G S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0008077420     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(97)90174-8     Document Type: Article

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