Overnight metabolic fuel deficiency in patients treated conventionally for hypopituitarism

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-178

  Al Shoumer, Kamal A S ^a   Ali, Kamsiah ^a   Anyaoku, Victor ^a   Niththyananthan, Ratnam ^a   Johnston, Desmond G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN; DESMOPRESSIN; FATTY ACID; FLUDROCORTISONE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029844588     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.d01-1552.x     Document Type: Article

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