Effects of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) administration on body composition and cardiovascular risk factors in obese adolescent girls

BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with a relative deficiency of growth hormone, which is predictive of greater visceral fat and markers of cardiovascular risk. The study’s purpose was to use recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) as a physiologic probe to assess the effects of reversing obesity-rel...

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Autores principales: Slattery, Meghan, Bredella, Miriam A, Stanley, Takara, Torriani, Martin, Misra, Madhusmita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4247194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25435886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1687-9856-2014-22

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4247194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25435886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1687-9856-2014-22

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