Clinical implications of residual growth hormone (GH) response to provocative testing in adults with severe GH dficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2604-2609

  Brabant, Georg ^a   Rasmussen, Ase Krogh ^b   Biller, Beverly M K ^c   Buchfelder, Michael ^d   Feldt Rasmussen, Ulla ^b   Forssmann, Kristin ^e   Jonsson, Bjorn ^f   Koltowska Haggstrom, Maria ^e,f   Maiter, Dominique ^g   Saller, Bernhard ^h   Toogood, Andy ⁱ  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^h EndoScience   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; IRRADIATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 34447135520     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-0153     Document Type: Article

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