Low bone mass is an infrequent feature of the adult growth hormone deficiency syndrome in middle-age adults and the elderly

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1124-1130

  Murray, Robert D ^a   Columb, Breeda ^a   Adams, Judith E ^b   Shalet, Stephen M ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HIP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1642407891     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-030685     Document Type: Article

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