Impaired cardiac performance in elderly patients with growth hormone deficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3950-3955

  Colao, Annamaria ^a   Cuocolo, Alberto ^a,b   Di Somma, Carolina ^a   Cerbone, Gaetana ^a   Della Morte, Anna Maria ^a   Nicolai, Emanuele ^a   Lucci, Rosa ^a   Salvatore, Marco ^a   Lombardi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033306840     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.84.11.6112     Document Type: Article

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