Growth hormone-releasing hormone: Past and present

Hormone Research

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages 88-92

  Sassolas, Geneviève ^a,b  

^a Cent Med Nucl   (France)

^b Neuro Cardiological Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Growth hormone secretion; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GASTRIN; GLUCAGON; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; INSULIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

ACROMEGALY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033813714     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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