Effects of six-month administration of recombinant human growth hormone to healthy elderly subjects

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-197

  Cuttica, C M ^a   Castoldi, L ^b   Gorrini, G P ^a   Peluffo, F ^b   Delitala, G ^c   Filippa, P ^a   Fanciulli, G ^c   Giusti, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d DISEM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body composition; Elderly; IGF I; Muscle strength; rhGH

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROXYPROLINE; INSULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030746759     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03340149     Document Type: Article

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