Defective growth hormone (GH) secretion and short-term treatment in Noonan syndrome

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 741-749

  Soliman, Ashraf T ^a,b   Rajab, Annza ^a   El Zalabany, Mahmound ^a   AlSalmi, Issa ^a   Fattah, Mohammed Abdel ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Gonadotrophins; Growth; Noonan syndrome; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLONIDINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCAGON; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOONAN SYNDROME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROVOCATION TEST; SHORT STATURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0031719423     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02731057     Document Type: Article

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