Is growth hormone bad for your heart? Cardiovascular impact of GH deficiency and of acromegaly

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Lombardi, G ^a,b   Colao, A ^a   Marzullo, P ^a   Ferone, D ^a   Longobardi, S ^a   Esposito, V ^a   Merola, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE;

EID: 0030870470     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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