Ghrelin and growth hormone serum levels during the clonidine test in children with short stature and variable growth hormone status

Hormones

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-45

  Stylianou, Charilaos ^a   Galli Tsinopoulou, Assimina ^a   Grammatikopoulou, Maria G ^a   Koliakos, George ^a   Varlamis, George ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Ghrelin; Growth; Growth hormone; Growth hormone deficiency; Short stature

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON; GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PREPUBERTY; PROVOCATION TEST; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 79951477824     PISSN: 11093099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1291     Document Type: Article

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