Children with organic growth hormone deficiency have elevated cortisol responses to stimuli

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2854-2856

  Finkelstein, Jordan W ^a,c   Rusovici, Daniela E ^a   Green, Edna ^a   Foreman, Stephen ^a   Kulin, Howard E ^a   D'Arcangelo, M Rose ^a   Kemezys, Robertas ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; STRESS;

EID: 0034974293     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.6.7594     Document Type: Article

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