Metabolic effects and pharmacokinetics of a growth hormone pulse in healthy adults: Relation to age, sex, and body composition

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3612-3618

  Vahl, Nina ^a   Møller, Niels ^a   Lauritzen, Torsten ^a   Christiansen, Jens S ^a   Jørgensen, Jens O L ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; LIPID; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SCREENING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030663542     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.11.4388     Document Type: Article

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