Hope drives antiaging hype

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1039-1044

  Perls, Thomas T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ARGININE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; MELATONIN; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; WASTING SYNDROME;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; LONGEVITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33845369033     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.73.12.1039     Document Type: Editorial

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