Effects of 12 months of growth hormone (GH) treatment on calciotropic hormones, calcium homeostasis, and bone metabolism in adults with acquired GH deficiency: A double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3352-3359

  Hansen, Tony Bill ^a   Brixen, Kim ^b   Vahl, Nina ^b   Jørgensen, Jens Otto Lunde ^b   Christiansen, Jens Sandahl ^b   Mosekilde, Leif ^b   Hagen, Claus ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; BONE TURNOVER; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; CALCIUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHATES; PLACEBOS; PROCOLLAGEN; VITAMIN D;

EID: 0029821102     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.9.3352     Document Type: Article

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