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Can IGF-I polymorphism affect power and endurance athletic performance?
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society - 1 Oct 2013
Ben-Zaken Sigal, Meckel Yoav, Nemet Dan, Eliakim Alon
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OBJECTIVE: Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) plays a key role in exercise-associated muscle growth and development. The regulatory region of the promoter of the IGF-I gene is labile, but changes in this region were studied mostly in the elderly and in relation to pathological states. C-1245T (...
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