Serum levels of 20-kilodalton human growth hormone (GH) are parallel those of 22-kilodalton human GH in normal and short children

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-104

  Ishikawa, Mayumi ^a   Yokoya, Susumu ^b   Tachibana, Katsuhiko ^c   Hasegawa, Yukihiro ^d,g   Yasuda, Toshiaki ^e   Tokuhiro, Etsurou ^f   Hashimoto, Yoshihide ^d,g   Tanaka, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropol Children's Hospital   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Odawara Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^g Mitsui Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; PROVOCATION TEST; PUBERTY; SHORT STATURE; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0006549660     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.84.1.5402     Document Type: Article

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