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Janet Lo1, Sung Min You, Bridget Canavan

  • 1Program in Nutritional Metabolism, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

JAMA
|August 5, 2008
PubMed
概括

低剂量生长激素 (GH) 治疗艾滋病毒患者减少了内脏脂肪和改善了心血管标志物,但增加了葡萄糖水平. 这项研究研究了艾滋病毒患者的GH对身体组成和代谢健康的影响,这些患者的腹部脂肪积累和GH缺乏.

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