A study of the growth-promoting and metabolic effects of growth hormone (GH) in a patient with the "growth without GH" syndrome

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 225-230

  Pavlou, M ^a   Tsatsoulis, A ^a   Efstathiadou, Z ^a   Bitsis, S ^a   Papadopoulou, Z L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Growth hormone deficiency; Insulin like growth factor; Insulin like growth factor binding protein 3

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; PHENOTYPE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0035175866     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ghir.2001.0204     Document Type: Article

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