Baseline characteristics and the effects of five years of GH replacement therapy in adults with GH deficiency of childhood or adulthood onset: A comparative, prospective study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4693-4699

  Koranyi, J ^a   Svensson, J ^a   Gotherstrom G ^a   Sunnerhagen, K S ^a   Bengtsson, B A ^a   Johannsson, G ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034751043     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.10.7896     Document Type: Article

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