Short-term testosterone supplementation relieves growth hormone autonegative feedback in men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1285-1290

  Veldhuis, Johannes D ^a   Evans, William S ^b,c   Iranmanesh, Ali ^e   Weltman, Arthur L ^b,d   Bowers, Cyril Y ^f  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b General Clinical Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PRALMORELIN; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

AGED; ANDROGENS; FASTING; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; TESTOSTERONE;

ILEX COOKII;

EID: 1642378888     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031017     Document Type: Article

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