Oral clonidine provocative test in the diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency in childhood: Should we make the timing uniform?

Hormone Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 285-288

  Galluzzi, Fiorella ^a   Stagi, Stefano ^a   Parpagnoli, Maria ^a   Losi, Stefania ^a   Pagnini, Ilaria ^a   Favelli, Federica ^a   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a   Salti, Roberto ^a   Seminara, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arginine; Children; Clonidine; Growth hormone deficiency; Growth hormone provocative test; Short stature

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CLONIDINE; GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT STATURE; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

CHILD; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751281254     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095781     Document Type: Article

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