Poor specificity of low growth hormone and cortisol levels during fasting hypoglycemia for the diagnoses of growth hormone deficiency and adrenal insufficiency

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kelly, Andrea ^a,b,c   Tang, Randy ^a   Becker, Susan ^a   Stanley, Charles A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Children; Fasting test; Growth hormone deficiency; Hypoglycemia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; PERSISTENT HYPERINSULINEMIC HYPOGLYCEMIA OF INFANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASTING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERSISTENT HYPERINSULINEMIA HYPOGLYCEMIA OF INFANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51649095151     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0806     Document Type: Article

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