Erschienen in:
01.04.2016 | Editorial
Cardiovascular risk factors in growth hormone deficiency: is vitamin D a new kid on the block?
verfasst von:
Jörgen Isgaard
Erschienen in:
Endocrine
|
Ausgabe 1/2016
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Excerpt
It is now close to 30 years since two pioneering studies on GH treatment of adult patients with GH deficiency (GHD) were published [
1,
2]. Both groups reported beneficial effects of GH on cardiac function and body composition. Since then cardiovascular function, morbidity, and risk factors have remained in focus of numerous publications in the field. …