The effects on insulin action in adult hypopituitarism of recombinant human GH therapy individually titrated for six months

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 5342-5347

  McConnell, E M ^a   Atkinson, A B ^a   Ennis, C ^a   Hadden, D R ^a   McCance, D R ^a   Sheridan, B ^a   Bell, P M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035176620     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.11.8044     Document Type: Article

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