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- Title
Growth hormone deficiency and cardiovascular risk: do we need additional markers?
- Authors
Gola, M.; Giustina, A.
- Abstract
The author looks at the alteration in the growth hormone levels as a potent causal factor for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in adults. They refer to risk factors including insulin-like growth factor for increased risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke. An overview of hypopituitary growth hormone deficiency that leads to various abnormalities in the body as well as up regulation of inflammatory process for deposition of atheromatous plaques is also included.
- Subjects
STROKE; SOMATOTROPIN; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; SOMATOMEDIN C; INFLAMMATION
- Publication
Endocrine (1355008X), 2012, Vol 42, Issue 2, p240
- ISSN
1355-008X
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s12020-012-9769-x