Pegvisomant-primed growth hormone (GH) stimulation test is useful in identifying true GH deficient children

Autor:	Randa I. Khalaf, Antonella Navarra, Heba Elsedfy, Giorgio Radetti, Anna Maria De Stefano, Mohamed El Kholy, Annalisa De Silvestri, Riccardo Albertini, Mauro Bozzola, Sara Pagani, Cristina Meazza
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism medicine.medical_treatment 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Stimulation Hypopituitarism Growth hormone 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Humans Insulin Prospective Studies Child Prospective cohort study Growth Disorders Human Growth Hormone business.industry Insulin tolerance test Reproducibility of Results General Medicine medicine.disease Body Height Growth hormone secretion Endocrinology Child Preschool Pegvisomant Female business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug
Zdroj:	HORMONES. 13
ISSN:	1109-3099
DOI:	10.14310/horm.2002.1748
Popis:	OBJECTIVE: Provocative stimulation tests for growth hormone (GH) assessment have poor reproducibility and can often elicit false positive results in normal children. The aim of our study was to confirm the capability of pegvisomant as an enhancer of GH secretion in unmasking false-positive results in short children (height
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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