Growth hormone (GH)-releasing hormone and GH secretagogues in normal aging: Fountain of Youth or Pool of Tantalus?

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-129

  Hersch, Elizabeth C ^a   Merriam, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Frailty; Growth hormone; Growth hormone secretagogues; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAPROMORELIN; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR[1-29]; IBUTAMOREN; PLACEBO; PRALMORELIN; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGING; ARTHRALGIA; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EXERCISE; FLUID RETENTION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SWEATING; TINNITUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGING; ATROPHY; COGNITION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES;

EID: 42449149531     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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