Standard and low-dose IGF-1 generation tests and spontaneous growth hormone secretion in children with idiopathic short stature

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-162

  Hindmarsh, Peter C ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; HEMOGLOBIN; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGE; BODY HEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; GENDER; GENOTYPE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH PLATE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIVER; LOW DRUG DOSE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHORT STATURE; STANDARD;

EID: 1042299815     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2004.01958.x     Document Type: Note

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