The treadmill exhausting test is not suitable for screening of growth hormone deficiency!

Hormone Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 137-140

  Donaubauer, Juliane ^a   Kratzsch, Jürgen ^a   Fritzsch, Christian ^a   Stach, Barbara ^a   Kiess, Wieland ^a   Keller, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency; Exercise test; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TREADMILL; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0034842884     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049985     Document Type: Article

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