Augmentation of growth hormone secretion after testosterone treatment in boys with constitutional delay of growth and adolescence: Evidence against an increase in hypothalamic secretion of growth hormone-releasing hormone

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3326-3331

  Racine, Michael S ^a,b   Symons, Kathy V ^c   Foster, Carol M ^b   Barkan, Ariel L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE AGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PITUITARY GLAND; PUBERTY, DELAYED; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 3242664965     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031948     Document Type: Article

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