Testosterone and growth hormone improve body composition and muscle performance in older men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1991-2001

  Sattler, Fred R ^a,b   Castaneda Sceppa, Carmen ^c   Binder, Ellen F ^d   Schroeder, E Todd ^b   Wang, Ying ^a   Bhasin, Shalender ^e   Kawakubo, Miwa ^a   Stewart, Yolanda ^a   Yarasheski, Kevin E ^d   Ulloor, Jagadish ^e   Colletti, Patrick ^a   Roubenoff, Ronenn ^c   Azen, Stanley P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREAST ENGORGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENDURANCE; HAND DISEASE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEYDIG CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTALGIA; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; NOSE CONGESTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SENESCENCE; SKIN BRUISING; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TRUNK; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 66749140429     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-2338     Document Type: Article

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