Likelihood of persistent GH deficiency into late adolescence: Relationship to the presence of an ectopic or normally sited posterior pituitary gland

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-219

  Murray, P G ^a,b   Hague, C ^b   Fafoula, O ^b   Gleeson, H ^b   Patel, L ^b   Banerjee, I ^b   Raabe, A L ^b   Hall, C M ^b   Wright, N B ^b   Amin, R ^b   Clayton, P E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650330267     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03554.x     Document Type: Article

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