Reproducibility of the insulin tolerance test (ITT) for assessment of growth hormone and cortisol secretion in normal and hypopituitary adult men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-22

  Pfeifer, Marija ^a   Kanc, Karin ^a   Verhovec, Renata ^a   Kocijančič, Andreja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROMETRY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035131711     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2001.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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