Establishment of reference values for endocrine tests. Part VII: Growth hormone deficiency

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 127-133

  Eskes, S A ^a   Tomasoa, N B ^a   Endert, E ^a   Geskus, R B ^a   Fliers, E ^a   Wiersinga, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GHRH GHRP 6 test; Growth hormone deficiency; IGF I; Insulin tolerance test

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; INSULIN; NEUTRAL INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE PLUS GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING PEPTIDE 6 TEST; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349127135     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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