hGH transgenic rats expressing severe obesity and effect of treatment with hGH in a pulsatile manner

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Ikeda, Akihiro ^a   Chang, Kyu Tae ^a   Nakano, Takahiro ^a   Matsuyama, Shigemi ^a   Nishihara, Masugi ^a   Takahashi, Michio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

hGH; Obesity; Transgenic rat

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RAT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030458579     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.43.suppl_s99     Document Type: Article

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