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Elemental Analysis of Aging Human Pituitary Glands Implicates Mercury as a Contributor to the Somatopause

Background: Growth hormone levels often decline on aging, and this “somatopause” is associated with muscle and bone loss, visceral adiposity and impaired cardiovascular function. Mercury has been detected in human pituitary glands, so to see if mercury could play a part in the somatopause we measure...

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Autores principales: Pamphlett, Roger, Kum Jew, Stephen, Doble, Philip A., Bishop, David P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6607410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31297094
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2019.00419