Growth hormone and growth?

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-9

  Harvey, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chick; Endocrine; Extrapituitary; Growth; Growth hormone; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR;

AGING; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BIRD; BODY HEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DWARFISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RATE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHICK; ENDOCRINE; EXTRAPITUITARY; GROWTH; GROWTH HORMONE; PITUITARY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; GROWTH HORMONE; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 84882839571     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.01.008     Document Type: Review

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