The sweating apparatus in growth hormone deficiency, following treatment with r-hGH and in acromegaly

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 100-109

  Hasan, Wohaib ^a   Cowen, Timothy ^a   Barnett, Philip S ^a   Elliot, Emma ^a   Coskeran, Patsy ^a   Bouloux, Pierre M G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Adult growth hormone deficiency; Autonomic nerves; Growth hormone; Insulin like growth factor; Neuronal plasticity; Sweat gland innervation; Sweating; Sympathetic nerves; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CELL MARKER; GENOTROPIN R; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; PILOCARPINE; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROXINE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ACINAR CELL; ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHIDROSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INNERVATION; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SWEAT GLAND; SWEAT GLAND FUNCTION; SWEATING; SYNAPSE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; PILOCARPINE; SWEAT GLANDS; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0035919247     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0702(01)00257-0     Document Type: Article

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