Role of the new growth hormone-releasing secretagogues in the diagnosis of some hypothalamopituitary pathologies

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL.1, 1996, Pages 123-126

  Casanueva, Felipe F ^a   Micic, Dragan ^b   Pombo, Manuel ^b   Leal, Alfonso ^b   Bokser, Lazaro ^b   Zugaza, Jose L ^b   Dieguez, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; HEXAPEPTIDE; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; INFUNDIBULUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029829260     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(96)90105-5     Document Type: Article

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