Circulating non-22 kDa growth hormone isoforms in healthy children of normal stature: Relation to height, body mass and pubertal development

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 246-253

  Boguszewski, Cesar L ^a   Jansson, Chatarina ^b   Boguszewski, Margaret C S ^b   Rosberg, Sten ^b   Wikland, Kerstin Albertsson ^b   Carlsson, Björn ^a   Carlsson, Lena M S ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030776474     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370246     Document Type: Article

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