Secretory mechanisms of growth hormone (GH)-releasing peptide-, GH- releasing hormone-, and thyrotropin-releasing hormone-induced GH release in patients with acromegaly

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3578-3583

  Hanew, Kunihiko ^a,c   Utsumi, Atushi ^a   Tanaka, Aki ^a   Ikeda, Hidetoshi ^a   Yokogoshi, Yutaka ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c Hanew Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTIRELIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSTATINOMA;

EID: 0031741589     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.10.5171     Document Type: Article

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