BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF GROWTH HORMONE TREATMENT IN GH-DEFICIENT ADULTS

The Lancet

Volumn 333, Issue 8649, 1989, Pages 1221-1225

  J o rgensen, J O L ^a   Thuesen, L ^c   Ingemann Hansen, T ^c   Pedersen, S A ^b   J o rgensen, I ^c   Skakkebaek, N E ^b   Christiansen, J S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Cardiology Aarhus Kommunehospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN;

ADULT; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RENAL CIRCULATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0024390712     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(89)92328-3     Document Type: Article

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