Normal growth hormone secretion in growth hormone insufficient children retested after completion of linear growth

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 553-556

  Wacharasindhu, S ^a   Cotterill, A M ^a   Camacho Hubner C ^a   Besser, G M ^a   Savage, M O ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029800897     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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