Effects of growth hormone secretagogues in the transgenic growth- retarded (Tgr) rat

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 580-587

  Wells, Timothy ^a,b   Flavell, David M ^a,c   Wells, Sara E ^a   Carmignac, Danielle F ^a   Robinson, Iain C A F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; PEPTIDE HORMONE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARFISM; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

EID: 0031051476     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.2.4917     Document Type: Article

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