Evaluation of pituitary GH reserve with GHRP-6

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages 289-298

  Popovic, Vera ^a   Micic, D ^a   Damjanovic, S ^a   Djurovic, M ^a   Simic, M ^a   Gligorovic, M ^a   Dieguez, C ^b   Casanueva, F F ^b  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Diabetic insipidus; GH releasing hormone; GH releasing peptide 6; Obesity; Pituitary tumors; Somatostatinoma; Suprasellar tumors

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING PEPTIDE; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROMEGALY; AGE; ANOREXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PROLACTINOMA; SOMATOSTATINOMA;

EID: 0029738237     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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