Actions and interactions of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-II: Body and organ growth of transgenic mice

Transgenic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-222

  Blackburn, Alexia ^a   Schmitt, Andrea ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^a   Wanke, Rüdiger ^a   Hermanns, Walter ^a   Brem, Gottfried ^b   Wolf, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

body growth; GH; IGF I; IGF II; organ growth; transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031150018     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018494108654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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