Gender differences in growth hormone response to exercise before and after rhGH administration and the effect of rhGH on the hormone profile of fit normal adults

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-322

  Giannoulis, M G ^a   Boroujerdi, M A ^a   Powrie, J ^a,e   Dall, R ^b   Napoli, R ^c   Ehrnborg, C ^d   Pentecost, C ^a   Cittadini, A ^c   Jorgensen J O L ^b   Sonksen, P H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GONADAL HORMONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; PITUITARY HORMONES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 20144377704     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02216.x     Document Type: Article

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