Growth hormone, arginine and exercise

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-54

  Kanaley, Jill A ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; L arginine; Somatotropin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GROWTH HORMONE;

AGING; ATHLETE; ATTENUATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EXERCISE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE MASS; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ARGININE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXERCISE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 37349049950     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3282f2b0ad     Document Type: Review

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