Cognitive changes during growth hormone replacement in adult men

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-55

  Deijen, J B ^a   De Boer, H ^b   Van Der Veen, E A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adults; Growth hormone deficiency; Growth hormone replacement; Memory; Mood; Perceptual motor skill

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PLACEBO; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MEMORY; PITUITARY HORMONES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031748753     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(97)00092-9     Document Type: Article

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