Insulin-like growth factor-I can be helpful towards end of life [10]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 322, Issue 7287, 2001, Pages 674-675

  Bolger, A ^a   Doehner, W ^a   Anker, S D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

CACHEXIA; CATABOLISM; DOG; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTING SYNDROME;

CACHEXIA; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 0035901302     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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4. Deficient insulin-like growth factor-I in chronic heart failure predicts altered body composition, cytokine and neurohormonal activation
5. Nutritional alterations and the effect of fish oil supplementation in dogs with heart failure