Growth hormone (GH) provocative retesting of 108 young adults with childhood-onset GH deficiency and the diagnostic value of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and IGF-binding protein-3

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1195-1201

  Juul, Anders ^a   Kastrup, Knud W ^c   Pedersen, Søren A ^b   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Glostrup Amtssygehus ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONIDINE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030972697     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.4.1195     Document Type: Article

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