IGF-I bioactivity better reflects growth hormone deficiency than total IGF-I

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2248-2254

  Varewijck, A J ^a   Lamberts, S W J ^a   Uitterlinden, P ^a   Hofland, L J ^a   Janssen, J A M J L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79960107305     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-0051     Document Type: Article

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