Preserved growth hormone (GH) secretion in aged and very old subjects after testing with the combined stimulus GH-releasing hormone plus GH- releasing hexapeptide-6

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2569-2572

  Micic, Dragan ^a   Popovic, Vera ^a   Doknic, Mirjana ^a   Macut, Djuro ^a   Dieguez, Carlos ^b   Casanueva, Felipe F ^b,c  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR[1-29];

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOPEPTIDES; REFERENCE VALUES; SECRETORY RATE; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0031759146     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.7.2569     Document Type: Review

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