Regular fluctuations in growth hormone (GH) release determine normal human growth

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 114-122

  M S , ^a,b   Thalange, N K S ^b   Foster, P J ^a   Tillmann, V ^b   Price, D A ^b   Diggle, P J ^c   Clayton, P E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body height; Growth physiology; Rhythmicity; Somatotropin urine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033136788     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ghir.1999.0095     Document Type: Article

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