Growth hormone and cancer: Are we asking the right questions?

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-124

  Holly, Jeff ^a   Perks, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645030530     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2006.02409.x     Document Type: Note

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