Acute Illness Is Associated with Suppression of the Growth Hormone Axis in Zimbabwean Infants

Frequent infections contribute to childhood stunting in developing countries but the causal pathways are uncertain. We tested the hypothesis that intercurrent illnesses suppress the growth hormone axis through reductions in insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). In a birth cohort of 202 HIV-unexposed...

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Izdano u:Am J Trop Med Hyg
Glavni autori: Jones, Andrew D., Rukobo, Sandra, Chasekwa, Bernard, Mutasa, Kuda, Ntozini, Robert, Mbuya, Mduduzi N. N., Stoltzfus, Rebecca J., Humphrey, Jean H., Prendergast, Andrew J.
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Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2015
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Online pristup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4347356/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25535308
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0448
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