Acute cardiovascular and hormonal effects of GH and hexarelin, a synthetic GH-releasing peptide, in humans

G Bisi; Valerio Podio; Maria Rosa Valetto; Fabio Broglio; Giovanni Bertuccio; G. Del Rió; Emanuela Arvat; M. Boghen; Romano Deghenghi; Giampiero Muccioli; Hui Xin Ong; Ezio Ghigo

doi:10.1007/bf03343555

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Internal medicineEndocrinologyInotropeMedicineEjection fractionAldosteroneReceptorPeptide hormoneBlood pressureHormoneHeart rateHeart failure

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Pages: 266-272
Citations: 81
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                                    G Bisi, 
                                
                                    Valerio Podio, 
                                
                                    Maria Rosa Valetto
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            Acute cardiovascular and hormonal effects of GH and hexarelin, a synthetic GH-releasing peptide, in humans. 
                            Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
                            , 22
                            (4)
                            , 266-272.
                            https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03343555
                        

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DOI: 10.1007/bf03343555