Effects of Human Growth Hormone in Men over 60 Years Old
Open Access
- 5 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 323 (1), 1-6
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199007053230101
Abstract
The declining activity of the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) axis with advancing age may contribute to the decrease in lean body mass and the increase in mass of adipose tissue that occur with aging.This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
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