Growth hormone: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 11, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Growth hormone and its disorders. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What Happens When You Take Growth Hormone Injections? | Nov 27, 2025 | ||
| Added “psychosocial short stature” as another name for psychosocial dwarfism. | Jul 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Growth hormone is produced within the hippocampus where it responds to age, sex, and stress. | Jun 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Logan University - Human Growth Hormone: Endogenous Production and Lifelong Health Benefits (PDF). | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mayo Clinic - Human growth hormone (HGH): Does it slow aging? | Dec 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Journal of Biological Chemistry - Mechanisms of Growth Hormone (GH) Action. | Sep 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Medscape - Growth Hormone. | Jul 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Endocrinology - The role of growth hormone in assisted reproduction. | Jun 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthdirect - Human growth hormone. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Medicine LibreTexts - Growth Hormone and IGF-1. | Dec 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Better Health Channel - Growth hormone. | Oct 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard Health Publishing - Growth hormone, athletic performance, and aging. | Aug 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: MedicineNet - Human Growth Hormone: 13 Ways to Increase HGH Naturally. | Jul 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Targeting growth hormone function: strategies and therapeutic applications. | May 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Human Growth Hormone (hGH). | Apr 01, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Growth hormone and its disorders. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What Happens When You Take Growth Hormone Injections? | Nov 29, 2022 | ||
| Added an illustration showing the chemical structure of human growth hormone. | Apr 04, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 01, 2017 | ||
| Added diagram showing the role of the pituitary gland in controlling human height. | Apr 29, 2010 | ||
| Added information on growth hormone deficiency and growth hormone excess. | Dec 21, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Healthguide - Growth Hormone Test. | Sep 19, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Hypertexts For Biomedical Sciences - Somatotropin. | Jun 06, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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