Human growth hormone (hGH)-(44-191), a reportedly diabetogenic fragment of hGH, circulates in human blood: Measurement by radioimmunoassay

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1411-1418

  Sinha, Y N ^a   Jacobsen, B P ^a  

^a Whittier Institute for Diabetes   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; IODINE 125; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROLACTIN; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DIABETOGENESIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; MALE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SERUM;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0028217575     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.78.6.8200944     Document Type: Article

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