Age and Relative Adiposity Are Specific Negative Determinants of the Frequency and Amplitude of Growth Hormone (GH) Secretory Bursts and the Half-Life of Endogenous GH in Healthy Men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 1081-1088

  Iranmanesh, Ali ^a   Lizarralde, German ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0025787687     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem-73-5-1081     Document Type: Article

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