BODY COMPOSITION IN ACROMEGALY: THE EFFECT OF TREATMENT

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 481-490

  BENGTSSON, BENGT‐ÅKE ^a   BRUMMER, ROBERT‐JAN ^a   EDÉN, STAFFAN ^a   BOSAEUS, INGVAR ^a   LINDSTEDT, GÖRAN ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; RADIOISOTOPE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL BODY POTASSIUM; TOTAL BODY WATER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROMEGALY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POTASSIUM; TESTIS;

EID: 0024457136     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1989.tb01272.x     Document Type: Article

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