Reevaluation of growth hormone (GH) secretion in 69 adults diagnosed as GH-deficient patients during childhood

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1244-1247

  Longobardi, Salvatore ^a   Merola, Bartolomeo ^a   Pivonello, Rosario ^a   Di Rella, Francesca ^a   Di Somma, Carolina ^a   Colao, Annamaria ^a   Ghigo, Ezio ^b   Camanni, Franco ^b   Lombardi, Gaetano ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; INSULIN; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029978888     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.3.1244     Document Type: Article

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