Growth hormone stimulation tests in chronic renal failure with metabolic acidosis

Pediatrics International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-72

  Bircan, ZelÂl ^a   KervancioǦl̈, Mehmet ^a   Soran, Mustafa ^a   Yildirim, Idris ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Growth hormone; Metabolic acidosis

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; GROWTH HORMONE; LEVODOPA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHORT STATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACIDOSIS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC;

EID: 0031934525     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1998.tb01406.x     Document Type: Article

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