Overview
- First book covering this interesting topic, written by Zvi Laron who first described and reported the condition in 1966 (this syndrome is named after him)
- Describes the comprehensive pathophysiology of IGF-I deficiency and gives valuable advice for the IGF-I treatment
- Compares IGF-I and GH deficiency and illustrates the effects of the treatment, e.g. metabolic effects, adipose tissue alterations and the effects on aging
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Laron Syndrome - From Man to Mouse
Book Subtitle: Lessons from Clinical and Experimental Experience
Editors: Zvi Laron, J. Kopchick
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11183-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-11182-2Due: 16 December 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50171-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-11183-9Published: 25 November 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 531
Topics: Pediatrics, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, Molecular Medicine, Human Physiology