Increased bone density after recombinant human growth hormone (GH) therapy in adults with isolated GH deficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1344-1348

  O’halloran, Domhnall J ^b   Tsatsoulis, Agathocles ^b   Whitehouse, Richard W ^a   Holmes, Sarah J ^b   Shalet, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLES; PLACEBOS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THIGH; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0027286153     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.76.5.8496328     Document Type: Article

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