The orderliness of the growth hormone (GH) release process and the mean mass of GH secreted per burst are highly conserved in individual men on successive days

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3746-3753

  Friend, Keith ^a   Iranmanesh, Ali ^b   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALCULATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ENTROPY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TARGET CELL;

ADULT; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HALF-LIFE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029799106     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.10.3746     Document Type: Article

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