Effect of asthma treatment on urinary growth hormone excretion in children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 361-366

  O'Leary, Peter C ^a,b,d   McIntyre, Ellie ^b   Feddema, Peter ^b   LeSouëf, Peter N ^c  

^a Univ Dept of Obstet and Gynaecol   (Australia)

^b Clinical Biochemistry   (Australia)

^c Prncs Margaret King Edward Mem H   (Australia)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; children; corticosteroids; growth hormone

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; GROWTH HORMONE; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029943196     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199606)21:6<361::AID-PPUL3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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