Manipulation of the Growth Hormone Axis in Patients with HIV Infection  

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Blackman, Marc R.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The New England Journal of Medicine (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 357 no. 23 (Dec. 2007), page 2397.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: N08.K.2007.06 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection often have a reduced mass of skeletal muscle and bone and a maldistribution of body fat. Loss of muscle mass, strength, and function are integral to the AIDS wasting syndrome and are associated with resistance to the anabolic effects of growth hormone. Administration of growth hormone in relatively high daily doses for 12 weeks improves muscle mass, strength, and function but leads to excess salt and water retention, the carpal tunnel syndrome, glucose intolerance, and insulin resistance, whereas the use of somewhat lower doses or an alternate-day regimen elicits similar beneficial effects with . . .

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