Failure of gammahydroxy butyric acid to stimulate growth hormone secretion in cocaine addicts

Neuropeptides

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 459-462

  Vescovi, P P ^a,b   Di Gennaro, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Centre of Alcohology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; COCAINE; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030834049     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4179(97)90040-8     Document Type: Article

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