Dose-Dependent Inhibition of Growth Hormone (GH)-Releasing Hormone-Induced GH Release by Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in Prepubertal Children

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1397-1400

  Ghizzoni, Lucia ^a   Vottero, Alessandra ^a   Street, Maria E ^a   Bernasconi, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SERMORELIN;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KINETICS; MALE; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029887953     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.81.4.8636340     Document Type: Article

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