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Physiological Role of Growth Hormone in Adult Life
Author(s) -
SALOMON F.,
SÖNKSEN P. H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1987.tb17153.x
Subject(s) - medicine , growth hormone , human growth hormone , hormone , physiology , intensive care medicine , gerontology , endocrinology
. Salomon, F. and Sonksen, P. H. (Department of Medicine, St Thomas's Hospital, London, UK). Physiological role of growth hormone in adult life. Acta Paediatr Scand [Suppl] 337:158, 1987. Some historical background on the physiological effects of pituitary gland extract and later of purified hGH in experimental animals is given, and the regulatory role of hGH in the human adult is reviewed. The effects of hGH on Carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism are complex and closely linked to the action of other hormones, particularly insulin.