Hormone levels in centenarians

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL.1, 1996, Pages 355-362

  Baldelli, M V ^a   Zucchi, P ^a   Pradelli, J M ^a   Montanini, V ^a   DeSantis, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hormone levels of centenarians

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENESCENCE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029840658     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(96)86961-5     Document Type: Article

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