Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 10 , Pages 789-792 , October 2001

Porcine growth hormone: a central metabolic hormone involved in the regulation of adipose tissue growth

  • Terry D Etherton, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Terry D. Etherton, PhD, Head and Distinguished Professor of Animal Nutrition, Department of Dairy and Animal Science, 324 W. L. Henning Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
    • Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

,Accepted 4 June 2001.

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Nutrition
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