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- Title
Use of Growth Hormone in Elderly Individuals.
- Authors
Malozowski, Saul
- Abstract
Presents a letter to the editor in regard to research by Blackman and colleagues on the use of growth hormone (GH) in elderly men to increase muscle strength and oxygen uptake. Discussion of how the Blackman study under-estimated the diabetogenic effects of GH; Suggestion that researchers use an oral glucose tolerance test, instead of the fasting glucose test to assess hyperglycemia.
- Subjects
LETTERS to the editor; SOMATOTROPIN; OLDER men; MUSCLE strength; GLUCOSE tolerance tests; RESEARCH methodology; DIAGNOSIS of diabetes
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003, Vol 290, Issue 4, p462
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1001/jama.290.4.462-b