Growth hormone secretion in response to glucagon stimulation test in healthy middle-aged men;Secreção do hormônio do crescimento em resposta ao teste de estímulo com glucagon em homens saudáveis de meia-idade

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 853-858

  Micmacher, Eduardo ^a   Assumpção, Roberto P ^a   Redorat, Renato G ^a   Spina, Luciana D ^a   Cruz, Ivan C ^a   Silva, Carla A ^a   Vaisman, Mário ^a   Conceição, Flávia Lúcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glucagons; Growth hormone; Somatopause

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849089468     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302009000700009     Document Type: Article

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