Effect on muscles of long-term treatment with growth hormone (GH) in adults with GH deficiency: KIMS data and review of the literature

Hormone Research

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 89-92

  Feldt Rasmussen, Ulla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adults; Exercise; Growth hormone; Growth hormone replacement; KIMS; Muscle mass; Pituitary insufficiency

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 33846544396     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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