Body composition in adult growth hormone-deficient men, assessed by anthropometry and bioimpedance analysis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 833-837

  Boer, H De ^a   Blok, G J ^a   Voerman, H J ^a   Vries, P M J M De ^a   Veen, E A Van Der ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIA;

GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0026768197     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.75.3.1517374     Document Type: Article

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