The impact of irradiation on growth hormone responsiveness to provocative agents is stimulus dependent: Results in 161 individuals with radiation damage to the somatotropic axis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 663-668

  Lissett, C A ^a   Saleem, S ^a   Rahim, A ^a   Brennan, B M D ^a   Shalet, S M ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARGININE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSULIN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RADIOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035098053     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.2.663     Document Type: Article

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