Is research on hormones and aging finished? No! Just started!

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 696-697

  Cappola, Anne R ^a,c   Maggio, Marcello ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSHING DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOGONADISM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

HORMONE;

AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HORMONES; HUMANS;

EID: 51449113027     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.7.696     Document Type: Editorial

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