An amplitude-specific divergence in the pulsatile mode of growth hormone (GH) secretion underlies the gender difference in mean GH concentrations in men and premenopausal women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2460-2467

  Van Den Berg, Gerrit ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^b   Frölich, Marijke ^a   Roelfsema, Ferdinand ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; PREMENOPAUSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030004001     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.7.2460     Document Type: Article

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