Dose effects of growth hormone during puberty

Hormone Research

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 52-57

  Saenger, Paul ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Growth hormone; Growth hormone deficiency; Growth velocity; High dose; Insulin like growth factor I; Puberty; Standard dose

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; PUBERTY;

EID: 0042914865     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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