Cortisol and growth hormone: Clinical implications of a complex, dynamic relationship

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 333-338

  Stratakis, Constantine A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Adrenal Cortex; Bone Density; Corticotrophin; Cushing Syndrome; Pituitary Gland

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL TUMOR; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; SHORT STATURE; STEROID RELEASE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 33646242246     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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