Relationship between growth hormone (GH) status, serum leptin and body composition in healthy and GH deficient elderly subjects

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-167

  Gill, Matthew S ^a   Toogood, Andrew A ^b   O'Neill, Paul A ^c   Adams, Judith E ^a   Thorner, Michael O ^d   Shalet, Stephen M ^b   Clayton, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030742719     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.2291056.x     Document Type: Article

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