Short-term growth hormone therapy increases serum lipoprotein (a) levels in normal short children without growth hormone deficiency

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-40

  Hershkovitz, Eli ^a   Leiberman, Ester ^a   Litnony, Yehuda ^a   Shany, Shraga ^a   Phillip, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Lipoprotein (a); Short children

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LIPOPROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0029759257     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000184975     Document Type: Article

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