Growth hormone and aging

Journal of the American Aging Association

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 219-225

  Bartke, Andrzej ^a   Brown Borg, Holly ^b   Kinney, Beth ^a   Mattison, Julie ^a,c   Wright, Chris ^a   Hauck, Steven ^a   Coschigano, Karen ^d   Kopchick, John ^d,e  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0034443725     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-000-0021-x     Document Type: Article

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