Human studies of growth hormone and aging

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-234

  Thorner, Michael O ^a   Nass, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Growth hormone

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; IBUTAMOREN;

AGING; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34247234986     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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