Peak and trough growth hormone (GH) concentrations influence growth and serum insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) concentrations in short children

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-308

  Achermann, J C ^a   Brook, C G D ^a,d   Robinson, I C A F ^b   Matthews, D R ^c   Hindmarsh, P C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0032941182     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1999.tb03945.x     Document Type: Article

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