Growth hormone: Uses and abuses

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7445, 2004, Pages 907-908

  Hintz, Raymond L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

AGING; ATHLETE; BODY BUILDING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; TURNER SYNDROME; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 1942510636     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.907     Document Type: Editorial

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