Overnight urinary growth hormone in normally growing prepubertal children: Effect of urine volume

Hormone Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-16

  Gelander, L ^a,c   Karlberg, J P E ^b   Larsson, L A ^a   Rosberg, S ^a   Albertsson Wikland, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood; Growth; Growth hormone; Urine

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE VOLUME;

AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URINE;

EID: 0031974834     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023119     Document Type: Article

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