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Cardiac performance: Growth hormone enters the race

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It is possible that growth hormone can offer therapeutic benefits for treating some forms of heart failure.

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    Luigi Saccà & Serafino Fazio

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Saccà, L., Fazio, S. Cardiac performance: Growth hormone enters the race. Nat Med 2, 29–31 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0196-29

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