Peak bone mass in young healthy men is correlated with the magnitude of endogenous growth hormone secretion

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3463-3468

  Russell Aulet, Mary ^a,b   Shapiro, Brahm ^a   Jaffe, Craig A ^a   Gross, Milton D ^a   Barkan, Ariel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b 3920 Taubman Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE MINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR NECK; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0031741769     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.10.3463     Document Type: Article

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