The growth hormone (GH) response to the arginine plus GH-releasing hormone test is correlated to the severity of lipid profile abnormalities in adult patients with GH deficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1277-1282

  Colao, Annamaria ^a   Cerbone, Gaetana ^a,b   Pivonello, Rosario ^a   Aimaretti, Gianluca ^b   Loche, Sandro ^c   Di Somma, Carolina ^a   Faggiano, Antongiulio ^a   Corneli, Ginevra ^a,b   Ghigo, Ezio ^b   Lombardi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHOLESTEROL; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEART RATE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TOTAL BODY WATER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033308713     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.84.4.5605     Document Type: Article

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