Low growth hormone secretion in patients with fibromyalgia - A preliminary report on 10 patients and 10 controls

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 145-148

  Bagge, Eva ^a,b   Bengtsson, Bengt Åke ^a   Carlsson, Lena ^a   Carlsson, Jane ^a  

^a Department of Rheumatology ^*

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Growth hormone; Insulin like growth factor; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031965196     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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