Direct effects of corticotrophin-releasing hormone on stimulated growth hormone secretion

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-222

  Raza, Jamal ^a   Massoud, Ahmed F ^a   Hindmarsh, Peter C ^a   Robinson, Iain C A F ^b   Brook, Charles G D ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031938417     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.3821204.x     Document Type: Article

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