The effect of growth hormone (GH) replacement on muscle strength in patients with GH-deficiency: A meta-analysis

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 787-792

  Matthew Widdowson, W ^a   Gibney, James ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PLACEBO; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; ALGORITHM; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952647768     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03716.x     Document Type: Article

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