Body composition and tissue distributions in growth hormone deficient adults before and after growth hormone treatment

Obesity Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-54

  Lönn, Lars ^a   Johansson, Gudmundur ^a   Sjöström, Lars ^a   Kvist, Henry ^a   Odén, Anders ^a   Bengtsson, Bengt Åke ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISCERA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISCERA;

EID: 0029688886     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1996.tb00511.x     Document Type: Article

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