Long-term change in the bone mineral density of adults with adult onset growth hormone (GH) deficiency in response to short or long-term GH replacement therapy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 463-469

  Rahim, A ^a   Holmes, S J ^a   Adams, J E ^b   Shalet, S M ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031836380     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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