Muscle strength in elderly adults with GH deficiency after 10 years of GH replacement

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-215

  Götherström, Galina ^a   Elbornsson, Mariam ^a   Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Katharina ^b   Bengtsson, Bengt Åke ^a   Johannsson, Gudmundur ^a   Svensson, Johan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955352380     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-0009     Document Type: Article

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