Growth hormone and prevention in old persons - Science and fiction

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 371-376

  Münzer, Thomas ^a  

^a Zieglerspital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; EXERCISE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESPAN; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042640080     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.59.7.371     Document Type: Article

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