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GH and ageing: Pitfalls and new insights.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Feb 2017
Bartke Andrzej, Darcy Justin
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The interrelationships of growth hormone (GH) actions and aging are complex and incompletely understood. The very pronounced age-related decline in GH secretion together with benefits of GH therapy in individuals with congenital or adult GH deficiency (GHD) prompted interest in GH as an anti-aging agent. However, the benefits of treatment of normal elderly subjects with GH appear to be marginal and...
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