Milk consumption and the prepubertal somatotropic axis
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Nutrients, hormones and growth factors in dairy foods may stimulate growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), and raise the ratio of IGF-I to its binding protein, IGFBP-3. We conducted pilot studies in Mongolia and M...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-09-01
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Series: | Nutrition Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.nutritionj.com/content/6/1/28 |