The endocrine response to ghrelin as a function of gender in humans in young and elderly subjects

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1537-1542

  Broglio, Fabio ^a   Benso, Andrea ^a   Castiglioni, Carlotta ^b   Gottero, Cristina ^a   Prodam, Flavia ^a   Destefanis, Silvia ^a   Gauna, Carlotta ^a   Van Der Lely, Aart Jan ^c   Deghenghi, Romano ^a   Bo, Mario ^b   Arvat, Emanuela ^a   Ghigo, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; PLACEBO; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; HORMONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PITUITARY GLAND; PLACEBOS; PROLACTIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0038699022     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021504     Document Type: Article

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