Supplemental growth hormone increases the tumor cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells in healthy adults with normal growth hormone secretion

Metabolism

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1990, Pages 1320-1324

  Crist, Douglas M ^a   Kraner, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATREM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TUMOR;

ADULT; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PLACEBOS; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025678495     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0026-0495(90)90191-E     Document Type: Article

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