Effect of body mass index on the growth hormone response to clonidine stimulation testing in children with short stature

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 726-731

  Loche, Sandro ^a   Guzzetti, Chiara ^a   Pilia, Sabrina ^a   Ibba, Anastasia ^a   Civolani, Patrizia ^a   Porcu, Manuela ^a   Minerba, Luigi ^b   Casini, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CLONIDINE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SECRETORY RATE;

EID: 79955798925     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.03988.x     Document Type: Article

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