The Utility of the Growth Hormone (GH) Releasing Hormone-Arginine Test for Diagnosing GH Deficiency in Adults with Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated with Cranial Irradiation | Zendy

Jonas Björk | Zendy; Katarina Link | Zendy; Eva Marie Erfurth | Zendy

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The Utility of the Growth Hormone (GH) Releasing Hormone-Arginine Test for Diagnosing GH Deficiency in Adults with Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated with Cranial Irradiation

Author(s) -

Jonas Björk,

Katarina Link,

Eva Marie Erfurth

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2005-0304

Subject(s) - arginine , growth hormone deficiency , medicine , insulin tolerance test , endocrinology , growth hormone–releasing hormone , young adult , hormone , growth hormone , insulin , biology , insulin resistance , biochemistry , insulin sensitivity , amino acid

The insulin tolerance test (ITT) is the current standard diagnostic test for the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency (GHD), but alternative tests, such as the GHRH-arginine test, have been proposed.

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