Tripartite control of growth hormone secretion in women during controlled estradiol repletion

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2336-2345

  Veldhuis, Johannes D ^a   Cosma, Mihaela ^a   Erickson, Dana ^a   Paulo, Remberto ^a   Mielke, Kristi ^a   Farhy, Leon S ^b   Bowers, Cyril Y ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; LEUPRORELIN; PRALMORELIN; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 34347207985     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-0043     Document Type: Article

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