Changes in subcutaneous and visceral fat mass during growth hormone replacement therapy in adult men

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 580-587

  De Boer, H ^a   Blok, G J ^a   Voerman, B ^a   Derriks, P ^a   Van Der Veen, E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adults; Computerized tomography; Fat mass; Growth hormone deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SKINFOLD; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TIME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANDROGENS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; SKIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISCERA;

EID: 0030002534     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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