Maturation of the regulation of growth hormone secretion in young males with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism pharmacologically exposed to progressive increments in serum testosterone

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1210-1219

  Giustina, Andrea ^d   Scalvini, Tiziano ^e   Tassi, Carla ^e   Desenzani, Paolo ^e   Poiesi, Claudio ^a   Wehrenberg, William B ^b   Rogol, Alan D ^c   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Endocrine Section   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ESTROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ARGININE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENTROPY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030905069     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.4.1210     Document Type: Article

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