The GH-releasing effect of ghrelin, a natural GH secretagogue, is only blunted by the infusion of exogenous somatostatin in humans

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 643-648

  Di Vito, Lidia ^a   Broglio, Fabio ^a   Benso, Andrea ^a   Gottero, Cristina ^a   Prodam, Flavia ^a   Papotti, Mauro ^a   Muccioli, Giampiero ^a   Dieguez, Carlos ^b   Casanueva, Felipe F ^b   Deghenghi, Romano ^c   Ghigo, Ezio ^a   Arvat, Emanuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Ardana   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOSTATIN 14;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PEPTIDES; PROLACTIN; SOMATOSTATIN; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036268616     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2002.01530.x     Document Type: Article

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