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Vitamin D and growth hormone in children: a review of the current scientific knowledge

BACKGROUND: Human growth is a complex mechanism that depends on genetic, environmental, nutritional and hormonal factors. The main hormone involved in growth at each stage of development is growth hormone (GH) and its mediator, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). In contrast, vitamin D is involved...

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Autores principales: Esposito, Susanna, Leonardi, Alberto, Lanciotti, Lucia, Cofini, Marta, Muzi, Giulia, Penta, Laura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6421660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30885216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12967-019-1840-4