Reduced longevity in untreated patients with isolated growth hormone deficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3664-3667

  Besson, Amélie ^a   Salemi, Souzan ^a   Gallati, Sabina ^a   Jenal, Arthur ^a   Horn, Rudolf ^a   Mullis, Pia S ^a   Mullis, Primus E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DWARFISM; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA; DWARFISM; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWITZERLAND;

PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE GH-1;

EID: 0041382468     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021938     Document Type: Article

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