Enhanced basal and disorderly growth hormone secretion distinguish acromegalic from normal pulsatile growth hormone release.

Pulses of growth hormone (GH) release in acromegaly may arise from hypothalamic regulation or from random events intrinsic to adenomatous tissue. To distinguish between these possibilities, serum GH concentrations were measured at 5-min intervals for 24 h in acromegalic men and women with active (n...

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Main Authors: Hartman, M L, Pincus, S M, Johnson, M L, Matthews, D H, Faunt, L M, Vance, M L, Thorner, M O, Veldhuis, J D
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1994
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC295213/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8083369
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