An acromegalic patient with pulsatile secretion of growth hormone (GH) coincident with the slow-wave sleep

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 687-692

  Matsuno, Megumi ^a   Sohmiya, Motoi ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Kato, Yuzuru ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; GH; Octreotide; Pulsatile secretion; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; GLUCOSE; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; OCTREOTIDE; PROTIRELIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031734273     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.45.687     Document Type: Article

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