Age-dependent decrease in the growth hormone response to growth hormone- releasing hormone in normally cycling women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 230-234

  Coiro, V ^a   Volpi, R ^a   Capretti, L ^a   Caffarri, G ^a   Davoli, C ^a   Chiodera, P ^a  

^a ICMGTM   (Italy)

Author keywords

age; arginine; GH; GH RH; pyridostigmine; reproductive years

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANDROGEN; ARGININE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSTATIN RELEASE;

EID: 0030015795     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58444-1     Document Type: Article

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