Retesting young adults with childhood-onset growth hormone (GH) deficiency with GH-releasing-hormone-plus-arginine test

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3693-3699

  Aimaretti, G ^a   Baffoni, C ^a   Bellone, S ^a   Di Vito, L ^a   Corneli, G ^a   Arvat, E ^a   Benso, L ^b   Camanni, F ^a   Ghigo, Ezio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; NEUTRAL INSULIN; SERMORELIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 0033766634     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.10.3693     Document Type: Article

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