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Growth hormone treatment of adults withgrowth hormone deficiency: results of a 13‐month placebo controlled cross‐over study

Helen M. Whitehead, C Boreham, Edwin M. Mcllrath, B. Sheridan, Laurence Kennedy, A. Brew Atkinson, David R. Madden

Clinical Endocrinology · 1992 · 377 citations · 35 references

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Abstract

GH alters the body composition of growth hormone deficient adults and leads to improved exercise capacity; alkaline phosphatase activity increases but without a change in spinal bone density, and carbohydrate tolerance remains unaltered.

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Body fat assessed from total body density and its estimation from skinfold thickness: measurements on 481 men and women aged from 16 to 72 Years

J. V. G. A. Durnin, J Womersley · British Journal Of Nutrition · 1974 · 6.3K citations · Full text

Immunoassay of insulin with insulin-antibody precipitate

C. N. Hales, Randle Pj · Biochemical Journal · 1963 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Effects of Human Growth Hormone in Men over 60 Years Old

Daniel Rudman, Axel G. Feller, Hoskote S. Nagraj et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1990 · 1.6K citations · Full text

The two‐period cross‐over clinical trial.

Michael Hills, P. Armitage · British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology · 1979 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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The Effects of Treatment with Recombinant Human Growth Hormone on Body Composition and Metabolism in Adults with Growth Hormone Deficiency

Franco Salomon, Ross C. Cuneo, Richard Hesp et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1989 · 1.3K citations