The advantage of measuring spontaneous growth hormone (GH) secretion compared with the insulin tolerance test in the diagnosis of GH deficiency in young adults

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-84

  Radetti, Giorgio ^a,b   Di Iorgi, Natascia ^c   Paganini, Claudio ^b   Gastaldi, Roberto ^c   Napoli, Flavia ^c   Lorini, Renata ^c   Maghnie, Mohamad ^c  

^a General Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PANCREATIC FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY GLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250786805     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02842.x     Document Type: Article

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