Do growth hormone (GH) serial sampling, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) or auxological measurements have an advantage over GH stimulation testing in predicting the linear growth response to GH therapy?

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-237

  Rogol, Alan D ^c   Blethen, Sandra L ^a   Sy, Judy P ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^b  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT STATURE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037322339     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01701.x     Document Type: Article

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