High incidence of cardiovascular disease and increased prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in women with hypopituitarism not receiving growth hormone treatment: Preliminary results

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. A, 1999, Pages 21-24

  Erfurth, E M ^a   Bulow, B ^a   Eskilsson, J ^a   Hagmar, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular risk factors; Hypopituitarism; Women

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033022245     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-6374(99)80005-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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