Combined clonidine-short-ACTH test for the simultaneous assessment of growth hormone reserve and hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal axis integrity in children

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-110

  Weintrob, Naomi ^a,b   Sprecher, Elliot ^a   Josefsberg, Zeev ^a,b   Vardi, Pnina ^a,b   Weininger, Clara ^a   Aurbach Klipper, Yaffa ^a,b   Pertzelan, Athalia ^a,b   Phillip, Moshe ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RETARDATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0033911326     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1430105     Document Type: Article

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