Open AccessAttenuation of Posttraumatic Muscle Catabolism and Osteopenia by Long-Term Growth Hormone Therapy
Author(s) -
David K. Hart,
David N. Herndon,
Gordon L. Klein,
Steven B. Lee,
Mario M. Celis,
Subburaman Mohan,
David L. Chinkes,
Steven E. Wolf
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200106000-00013
Subject(s) - medicine , osteopenia , catabolism , term (time) , hormone therapy , sarcopenia , endocrinology , osteoporosis , metabolism , bone mineral , physics , quantum mechanics , cancer , breast cancer
To determine whether the beneficial effects of growth hormone persist throughout the prolonged hypermetabolic and hypercatabolic response to severe burn.