Transition to the adult endocrine clinic: Testing pituitary function - What tests and when?

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. A, 2003, Pages

  Geffner, Mitchell E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult growth hormone deficiency; Central adrenal insuffiency; Central hypogonadism; Central hypothyroidism; GHRH arginine; GHRH pyridostigmine; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Transition period

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CLONIDINE; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEVODOPA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METYRAPONE; PROTIRELIN; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SERMORELIN; SEX HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FLUSHING; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; TASTE DISORDER; TIME; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0141854363     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-6374(03)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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