The use of growth hormone (GH)-dependent markers in the detection of GH abuse in sport: Physiological intra-individual variation of IGF-I, type 3 pro-collagen (P-III-P) and the GH-2000 detection score

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 520-526

  Erotokritou Mulligan, Ioulietta ^a   Eryl Bassett, E ^b   Cowan, David A ^c   Bartlett, Christiaan ^c   Milward, Polly ^a   Sartorio, Alessandro ^d   Sönksen, Peter H ^a   Holt, Richard I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GROWTH HORMONE; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3 AMINOPROPEPTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DOPING; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE 2000 SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOPING IN SPORTS; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROCOLLAGEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 77749301500     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03668.x     Document Type: Article

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