Growth hormone secretion in normal prepubertal children: Importance of relations between endogenous secretion, pulsatility and body mass

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 327-334

  Martin Hernandez T ^a,b   Diaz Galvez M ^a   Torres Cuadro, A ^a   Herrera Justiniano, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

EID: 0030020679     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.675497.x     Document Type: Article

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