The IGF-I response to very low rhGH doses is preserved in human ageing

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 757-763

  Arvat, Emanuela ^b   Ceda, Gianpaolo ^b   Ramunni, Josefina ^b   Lanfranco, Fabio ^b   Aimaretti, Gianluca ^b   Gianotti, Laura ^b   Broglio, Fabio ^b   Ghigo, Ezio ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0032441365     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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