Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 49 No. 4, 2010.
Original scientific paper
Hormones and Aging
Vanja Zjačić-Rotkvić
Lovro Kavur
Maja Cigrovski-Berković
Abstract
Since the 19th century, there have been sporadic attempts to attribute the changes of aging to one or another endocrine deficit and efforts to reverse these changes by various replacement therapies. This search for a hormonal ‘fountain of youth’ continues today.
Keywords
aging; endocrine glands; hormone production; hormone replacement therapies
Hrčak ID:
84842
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Publication date:
20.12.2010.
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