Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010 Introduction Adult Growth hormone Deficiency is a well known phenomenon effecting both males and females. Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency is marked by a number of neuropsychiatric, cognitive performance, cardiac, metabolic, muscular, and bone symptoms ...
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Growth hormone nadir during oral glucose load depends on waist circumference, gender and age: normative data in 231 healthy subjects. [PDF]
, 2011 Objective (i) To analyse the predictors of GH suppression after standard glucose load (oGTT) in the healthy population and (ii) to establish the 97th percentile of GH nadir post-oGTT according to these variables.
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Adult growth hormone deficiency – benefits, side effects, and risks of growth hormone replacement
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2013 Deficiency of growth hormone (GH) in adults results in a syndrome characterized by decreased muscle mass and exercise capacity, increased visceral fat, impaired quality of life, unfavorable alterations in lipid profile and markers of cardiovascular risk,
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Growth hormone deficiency and the transition from pediatric to adult care
Jornal de Pediatria, 2021 Objective: To discuss the approach to patients diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in childhood during the transition period from puberty to adulthood, focusing on the following: (1) physiology; (2) effects of recombinant human GH (rhGH ...
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Pituitary-adrenal axis in Prader Willi syndrome [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: Prader Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic condition that has concurrent endocrinological insufficiencies. The presence of growth hormone deficiency has been well documented, but adrenal insufficiency (AI) is not widely reported. A review was
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Estrone and estradiol concentrations in human ovaries, testes, and adrenals during the first two years of life [PDF]
, 1987 To determine the origin of estrogens in infant blood, we measured estrone (E1) and estradiol (E2) in the gonads of 50 girls and 64 boys who died suddenly between birth and 2 yr of age as well as in the adrenals of 18 of these infant girls and 16 of the ...
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Effects of long-term growth hormone therapy in a girl with Floating-Harbor syndrome [PDF]
Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2020 Floating-Harbor syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder that presents with short stature, facial dysmorphism, significantly delayed bone age, skeletal abnormalities, speech and language problems, and intellectual disabilities.
Hyun Woo Son +4 more
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The visceral adiposity index is associated with insulin sensitivity and IGF-I levels in adults with growth hormone deficiency [PDF]
, 2016 The visceral adiposity index, based on anthropometric and metabolic parameters, has been shown to be related to adipose tissue function and insulin sensitivity.
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JCRPE, 2023 IGSF1 deficiency is a rare X-linked condition characterized by central hypothyroidism and a wide variety of other clinical features with variable prevalence, including a delayed pubertal testosterone rise and growth spurt in the context of normal or ...
Aslı Derya Kardelen +7 more
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Role of androgen and gonadotrophins in the development and function of the Sertoli cells and Leydig cells: data from mutant and genetically modified mice [PDF]
, 2009 Development and maintenance of the male phenotype and establishment of fertility are all dependent upon the activity of the Sertoli cells and Leydig cells of the testis.
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