Growth Hormone (GH) Treatment Reverses Early Atherosclerotic Changes in GH-Deficient Adults¹

Estimation of the Concentration of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Plasma, Without Use of the Preparative Ultracentrifuge

1972 • 31,801 citations

Cigarette smoking is associated with dose-related and potentially reversible impairment of endothelium-dependent dilation in healthy young adults.

1993 • 1,542 citations

Premature mortality due to cardiovascular disease in hypopituitarism

1990 • 1,424 citations

Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adulthood and the Effects of Growth Hormone Replacement: A Review

1998 • 816 citations

Ultrasound B-mode imaging in observational studies of atherosclerotic progression.

1993 • 785 citations

Antiatherogenic effects of L-arginine in the hypercholesterolemic rabbit.

1992 • 697 citations

Clinical Aspects of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults

1995 • 690 citations

Increased cerebrovascular mortality in patients with hypopituitarism

1997 • 552 citations

The effect of hypopituitarism on life expectancy.

1996 • 456 citations

Carotid artery intima‐media thickness as an indicator of generalized atherosclerosis

1994 • 442 citations

Detection of premature atherosclerosis by high-resolution ultrasonography in symptom-free hypopituitary adults

1992 • 400 citations

Cardiovascular risk factors in adult patients with growth hormone deficiency

1993 • 354 citations

Cumulative Effects of High Cholesterol Levels, High Blood Pressure, and Cigarette Smoking on Carotid Stenosis

1997 • 329 citations

Direct demonstration of insulin-like growth factor-I-induced nitric oxide production by endothelial cells

1994 • 320 citations

Growth hormone-deficient adults are insulin-resistant

1995 • 279 citations

Nitric oxide may mediate the hemodynamic effects of recombinant growth hormone in patients with acquired growth hormone deficiency. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

1996 • 274 citations

Growth hormone treatment improves serum lipids and lipoproteins in adults with growth hormone deficiency

1993 • 260 citations

Estimation of arterial stiffness, compliance, and distensibility from M-mode ultrasound measurements of the common carotid artery.

1994 • 206 citations

Regression or Progression

1996 • 181 citations

The effect of growth hormone replacement on serum lipids, lipoproteins, apolipoproteins and cholesterol precursors in adult growth hormone deficient patients

1994 • 153 citations

The effects of short and long-term growth hormone replacement therapy in hypopituitary adults on lipid metabolism and carbohydrate tolerance.

1995 • 151 citations

Erhöhte Prävalenz von Osteoporose und Arteriosklerose bei konventionell substituierter Hypophysenvorderlappeninsuffizienz: Bedarf einer zusätzlichen Wachstumshormonsubstitution?

1991 • 147 citations

Increased Arterial Intima-Media Thickness in Childhood-Onset Growth Hormone Deficiency

1997 • 135 citations

Nitric oxide— biological mediator, modulator and factor of injury: its role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis

1995 • 126 citations

Insulin, insulin-like growth factors, and vascular endothelium

1988 • 125 citations

Endothelial-Dependent Vascular Effects of Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor I in the Perfused Rat Mesenteric Artery and Aortic Ring

1994 • 121 citations

Growth Hormone (GH) Replacement Reduces Total Body Fat and Normalizes Insulin Sensitivity in GH-Deficient Adults: A Report of One-Year Clinical Experience¹

1997 • 110 citations

Dietary l-arginine decreases myointimal cell proliferation and vascular monocyte accumulation in cholesterol-fed rabbits

1998 • 90 citations

An open 36-month study of lipid changes with growth hormone in adults: lipid changes following replacement of growth hormone in adult acquired growth hormone deficiency

1996 • 74 citations

Adhesiveness of Mononuclear Cells in Hypercholesterolemic Humans Is Normalized by Dietary <scp>l</scp> -Arginine

1997 • 73 citations

Cardiovascular function and glucocorticoid replacement in patients with hypopituitarism

1995 • 69 citations

Carotid intima‐media thickness: correlation with the British Regional Heart Study risk score

1994 • 67 citations

Abnormal carotid arterial wall dynamics in symptom-free hypopituitary adults

1997 • 61 citations

Isolated human growth hormone deficiency. III. Insulin secretion in sexual ateliotic dwarfism

1968 • 47 citations

Discordant Effects of Dietary L-Arginine on Vascular Structure and Reactivity in Hypercholesterolemic Rabbits

1995 • 43 citations