Which patients do not require a GH stimulation test for the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency?

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 477-485

  Hartman, Mark L ^a   Crowe, Brenda J ^b   Biller, Beverly M K ^c   Ho, Ken K Y ^d   Clemmons, David R ^b   Chipman, John J ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CLONIDINE; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036169179     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.87.2.8216     Document Type: Article

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