An improved computational method to assess pituitary responsiveness to secretagogue stimuli

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-332

  Sartorio, Alessandro ^a   De Nicolao, Giuseppe ^a   Liberati, Diego ^a  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME;

EID: 0036737920     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1470323     Document Type: Article

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