Impact of different cut-off limits of peak GH after GHRH-arginine stimulatory test, single IGF1 measurement, or their combination in identifying adult patients with GH deficiency

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 685-693

  Bogazzi, Fausto ^a   Manetti, Luca ^a   Lombardi, Martina ^a   Giovannetti, Clara ^a   Raffaelli, Valentina ^a   Urbani, Claudio ^a   Scattina, Ilaria ^a   Pepe, Pasquale ^b   Iannelli, Aldo ^a   Martino, Enio ^a   Rossi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HYPOPLASIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DWARFISM; STANDARD;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79955543207     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-1068     Document Type: Article

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