Acylated ghrelin as a provocative test for the diagnosis of GH deficiency in adults

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-30

  Gasco, Valentina ^a   Beccuti, Guglielmo ^a   Baldini, Chiara ^a   Prencipe, Nunzia ^a   Di Giacomo, Stellina ^a   Berton, Alessandro ^a   Guaraldi, Federica ^a   Tabaro, Isabella ^a   Maccario, Mauro ^a   Ghigo, Ezio ^a,b   Grottoli, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Endocrinologia Diabetologia e Metabolismo   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ARGININE; FEMALE; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84871983749     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-12-0584     Document Type: Article

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