Growth hormone isoforms in newborns and postpartum women

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-358

  Boguszewski, Cesar L ^a,c   Boguszewski, Margaret C S ^a   De Zegher, Francis ^b   Carlsson, Björn ^c   Carlsson, Lena M S ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0034017075     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1420353     Document Type: Article

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