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A study of the growth-promoting and metabolic effects of growth hormone (GH) in a patient with the "growth without GH" syndrome.
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society - 1 Aug 2001
Pavlou M, Tsatsoulis A, Efstathiadou Z, Bitsis S, Papadopoulou Z L
Abstract excerpt
The paradox of normal or even excessive growth despite a proven lack of GH is a well-known but still unexplained phenomenon that has been described in some patients following resection of a craniopharyngioma or other suprasellar tumours. However, the consequences of GH deficiency on other metabolic aspects of GH action in this syndrome have not been adequately investigated. The aim of this study was to examine...
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