Can the use of growth hormone reduce the postoperative fatigue syndrome?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-87

  Vara Thorbeck, R ^a,b   Guerrero, J A ^a,b   Ruiz Requena, E ^a,b   Garcia Carriazo M ^b   Hill, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NITROGEN BALANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030026399     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900015     Document Type: Article

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