Plasma levels of total and active ghrelin in acromegaly and growth hormone deficiency

Physiological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-181

  Jarkovska Z ^a   Rosicka M ^a   Marek, J ^a   Hana V ^a   Weiss, V ^a   Justova V ^a   Lacinova Z ^a   Haluzik M ^a   Krsek M ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Active ghrelin; Growth hormone deficiency; Leptin; Total ghrelin

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 6;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX RATIO;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; SOMATOMEDINS;

EID: 33646134378     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: 08628408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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