Growth Hormone in Adults
Subtitle: Physiological and Clinical Aspects
Contributors: Anders Juul (Editor); Jens O. L. Jørgensen (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 28, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9780521480079
Subjects: Physiology; Somatotropin; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Endocrinology; Hormones; Science; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Medical / Pediatrics; Therapeutic use; Dwarfism, Pituitary; Physiological effect
First sentence: Growth hormone (GH) has diverse metabolic actions that regulate body composition, fluid homeostasis, glucose and lipid metabolism, bone metabolism, exercise performance and cardiac function.