Effect of zinc supplementation on growth hormone secretion, IGF-I, IGFBP-3, somatomedin generation, alkaline phosphatase, osteocalcin and growth in prepubertal children with idiopathic short stature

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-74

  Imamoǧlu, Sebahat ^a   Bereket, Abdullah ^a,b   Turan, Serap ^a   Taga, Yavuz ^a   Haklar, Goncagül ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Growth; Growth hormone; IGF I; IGFBP 3; Osteocalcin; Somatomedin generation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CLONIDINE; GROWTH HORMONE; OSTEOCALCIN; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; ZINC;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; NAUSEA; OSSIFICATION; PREPUBERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT STATURE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 13644260940     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2005.18.1.69     Document Type: Article

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