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Systematic review: the safety and efficacy of growth hormone in the healthy elderly.

Liu H, Bravata DM, Olkin I, Nayak S, Roberts B, Garber AM, Hoffman AR.

Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jan 16;146(2):104-15. Review.PMID: 17227934 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Systematic review: the effects of growth hormone on athletic performance.

Liu H, Bravata DM, Olkin I, Friedlander A, Liu V, Roberts B, Bendavid E, Saynina O, Salpeter SR, Garber AM, Hoffman AR.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 May 20;148(10):747-58. Epub 2008 Mar 17. Review.PMID: 18347346 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Growth hormone and sex steroid administration in healthy aged women and men: a randomized controlled trial.

Blackman MR, Sorkin JD, Münzer T, Bellantoni MF, Busby-Whitehead J, Stevens TE, Jayme J, O'Connor KG, Christmas C, Tobin JD, Stewart KJ, Cottrell E, St Clair C, Pabst KM, Harman SM.

JAMA. 2002 Nov 13;288(18):2282-92.PMID: 12425705 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of an oral ghrelin mimetic on body composition and clinical outcomes in healthy older adults: a randomized trial.

Nass R, Pezzoli SS, Oliveri MC, Patrie JT, Harrell FE Jr, Clasey JL, Heymsfield SB, Bach MA, Vance ML, Thorner MO.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Nov 4;149(9):601-11.PMID: 18981485 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Final height data, body composition and glucose metabolism in growth hormone-treated short children born small for gestational age.

Hokken-Koelega AC, van Pareren Y, Sas T, Arends N.

Horm Res. 2003;60 Suppl 3:113-4.PMID: 14671407 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Growth hormone (GH) dose-response in young adults with childhood-onset GH deficiency: a two-year, multicenter, multiple-dose, placebo-controlled study.

Underwood LE, Attie KM, Baptista J; Genentech Collaborative Study Group.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Nov;88(11):5273-80.PMID: 14602761 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Efficacy and safety of low-carbohydrate diets: a systematic review.

Bravata DM, Sanders L, Huang J, Krumholz HM, Olkin I, Gardner CD, Bravata DM.

JAMA. 2003 Apr 9;289(14):1837-50. Review.PMID: 12684364 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of physiologic growth hormone therapy on bone density and body composition in patients with adult-onset growth hormone deficiency. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Baum HB, Biller BM, Finkelstein JS, Cannistraro KB, Oppenhein DS, Schoenfeld DA, Michel TH, Wittink H, Klibanski A.

Ann Intern Med. 1996 Dec 1;125(11):883-90.PMID: 8967668 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Efficacy and safety of growth hormone (GH) in the treatment of adult Japanese patients with GH deficiency: a randomised, placebo-controlled study.

Chihara K, Kato Y, Kohno H, Takano K, Tanaka T, Teramoto A, Shimatsu A.

Growth Horm IGF Res. 2006 Apr;16(2):132-42. Epub 2006 May 15.PMID: 16702006 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Growth hormone treatment of adults with Prader-Willi syndrome and growth hormone deficiency improves lean body mass, fractional body fat, and serum triiodothyronine without glucose impairment: results from the United States multicenter trial.

Mogul HR, Lee PD, Whitman BY, Zipf WB, Frey M, Myers S, Cahan M, Pinyerd B, Southren AL.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Apr;93(4):1238-45. Epub 2008 Jan 22.PMID: 18211968 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Growth hormone (GH) replacement therapy in adult-onset gh deficiency: effects on body composition in men and women in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Hoffman AR, Kuntze JE, Baptista J, Baum HB, Baumann GP, Biller BM, Clark RV, Cook D, Inzucchi SE, Kleinberg D, Klibanski A, Phillips LS, Ridgway EC, Robbins RJ, Schlechte J, Sharma M, Thorner MO, Vance ML.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 May;89(5):2048-56.PMID: 15126520 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comparative results of a 4-year study on cardiovascular parameters, lipid metabolism, body composition and bone mass between untreated and treated adult growth hormone deficient patients.

Fideleff HL, Boquete HR, Stalldecker G, Giaccio AV, Sobrado PG.

Growth Horm IGF Res. 2008 Aug;18(4):318-24. Epub 2008 Mar 4.PMID: 18289903 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of testosterone on body composition, bone metabolism and serum lipid profile in middle-aged men: a meta-analysis.

Isidori AM, Giannetta E, Greco EA, Gianfrilli D, Bonifacio V, Isidori A, Lenzi A, Fabbri A.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2005 Sep;63(3):280-93. Review.PMID: 16117815 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

GH administration and discontinuation in healthy elderly men: effects on body composition, GH-related serum markers, resting heart rate and resting oxygen uptake.

Lange KH, Isaksson F, Rasmussen MH, Juul A, Bülow J, Kjaer M.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2001 Jul;55(1):77-86.PMID: 11453955 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A prospective study of 5 years of GH replacement therapy in GH-deficient adults: sustained effects on body composition, bone mass, and metabolic indices.

Götherström G, Svensson J, Koranyi J, Alpsten M, Bosaeus I, Bengtsson B, Johannsson G.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001 Oct;86(10):4657-65.PMID: 11600522 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Changes in carbohydrate metabolism and insulin resistance in patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) under growth hormone therapy]

Lämmer C, Weimann E.

Wien Med Wochenschr. 2007 Feb;157(3-4):82-8. German. PMID: 17340066 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Human growth hormone replacement in adult hypopituitary patients: long-term effects on body composition and lipid status--3-year results from the HypoCCS Database.

Attanasio AF, Bates PC, Ho KK, Webb SM, Ross RJ, Strasburger CJ, Bouillon R, Crowe B, Selander K, Valle D, Lamberts SW; Hypoptiuitary Control and Complications Study International Advisory Board.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Apr;87(4):1600-6.PMID: 11932289 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[The beneficial effects of growth hormone replacement therapy on elderly men]

Kozakowski J, Adamkiewicz M, Krassowski J, Zgliczyński S.

Pol Merkur Lekarski. 1999 Mar;6(33):131-4. Polish. PMID: 10365596 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effects of growth hormone and/or testosterone in healthy elderly men: a randomized controlled trial.

Giannoulis MG, Sonksen PH, Umpleby M, Breen L, Pentecost C, Whyte M, McMillan CV, Bradley C, Martin FC.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Feb;91(2):477-84. Epub 2005 Dec 6.PMID: 16332938 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Carpal tunnel syndrome and gynaecomastia during growth hormone treatment of elderly men with low circulating IGF-I concentrations.

Cohn L, Feller AG, Draper MW, Rudman IW, Rudman D.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 1993 Oct;39(4):417-25.PMID: 8287568 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles