Determinants of GH-releasing hormone and GH-releasing peptide synergy in men

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Veldhuis, Johannes D ^a   Bowers, Cyril Y ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Androgen; Fat; Human; Insulin like growth factor I; Male; Pulsatility; Secretion

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING PEPTIDE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LEUPROLIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149139129     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.91001.2008     Document Type: Article

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