Growth hormone (gh) responsiveness to combined administration of arginine and gh-releasing hormone does not vary with age in man

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 1481-1485

  Ghigo, Ezio ^a   Goffi, Stefania ^a   Nicolosi, Mario ^a   Arvat, Emanuela ^a   Valente, Francesca ^a   Mazza, Enrico ^a   Ghigo, Maria Cristina ^a   Camanni, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARGININE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG SYNERGISM; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; SOMATOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025644397     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-71-6-1481     Document Type: Article

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