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Decrease in adiponectin levels correlates to growth response in growth hormone-treated children
, 2009 BACKGROUND/AIMS: Adiponectin is secreted by adipose tissue and circulates in human plasma at high levels. Decreased adiponectin levels are associated with insulin resistance and obesity.
Carlsson, LMS +5 more
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Endocrines, 2022 Short stature is a common reason for a child to visit the endocrinologist, and can be a variant of normal or secondary to an underlying pathologic cause. Pathologic causes include growth hormone deficiency (GHD), which can be congenital or acquired later.
Colleen O'Neill +2 more
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Harmonization of growth hormone measurements with different immunoassays by data adjustment [PDF]
, 2011 Background: The aim of our study was to evaluate the between-assay variability of commercially available immunoassays for the measurement of human growth hormone (hGH).
Bidlingmaier, Martin +21 more
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Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone during Growth Hormone Treatment
Children, 2022 Background. There is some controversy concerning a potential interaction between vitamin D and PTH and the GH/IGF-1 axis. The goal of this study is to assess vitamin D and PTH status in children with GH deficiency at diagnostic and during treatment with ...
Teodoro Durá-Travé +1 more
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, 2022 Long-acting growth hormone (LAGH) is emerging to be a new preparation for treatment of short stature. We aimed to determine whether 12-month treatment with LAGH in patients with idiopathic short stature has an effect on the nocturnal endogenous growth ...
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Growth hormone: isoforms, clinical aspects and assays interference
Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology, 2018 The measurement of circulating concentrations of growth hormone (GH) is an indispensable tool in the diagnosis of both GH deficiency and GH excess. GH is a heterogeneous protein composed of several molecular isoforms, but the physiological role of these ...
Júnia Ribeiro de Oliveira Longo Schweizer +2 more
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, 2023 Objective: Prediction models that calculate the growth response in children on recombinant growth hormone (GH) have shown to be helpful tools in deciding who should start treatment, as identifying GH deficiency can be a challenge. The aim of the study is
Ly, Helena-Jamin, +3 more
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Oman Medical Journal, 2017 Objectives: The use of growth hormone (GH) in idiopathic short stature (ISS) has been a subject of debate for the past two decades. We sought to assess the effect of GH on final height (FH) in patients with ISS in our region, which has a high ...
Shireen Mreish +2 more
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Endocrinology Research and Practice, 2022 Growth hormone secretagogues are synthetic peptidyl and non- peptidyl molecules that possess growth hormone releasing activity. Ghrelin is an endogenous natural ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor that has recently been isolated from the ...
Serdar Güler +2 more
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Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone in Diabetes
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2016 Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) is produced by the hypothalamus and stimulates growth hormone synthesis and release in the anterior pituitary gland.
Leonid Evsey Fridlyand +3 more
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