How (not) to diagnose growth hormone deficiency in adults: Stimulated serum concentrations of growth hormone in healthy subjects and in patients with pituitary macroadenomas

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 680-683

  Vierhapper, H ^a   Nowotny, P ^a   Czech, T ^a   Bieglmayer, C ^a   Raber, W ^a   Waldhausl W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADORELIN TEST; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0030913654     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(97)90013-5     Document Type: Article

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