Acid-labile subunit (ALS) measurements in children

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Nimura, Atsuko ^a,b   Katsumata, Noriyuki ^a   Horikawa, Reiko ^a   Tanae, Ayako ^a   Tanaka, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid labile subunit (ALS); Growth hormone deficiency; IGF; IGFBP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN;

EID: 0034097688     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.47.supplmarch_s111     Document Type: Article

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