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Pulsatile growth hormone secretion persists in genetic growth hormone-releasing hormone resistance.
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Apr 2002
Maheshwari Hiralal G, Pezzoli Suzan S, Rahim Asad, Shalet Stephen M, Thorner Michael O, Baumann Gerhard
Abstract excerpt
Growth hormone (GH) secretion is regulated by GH-releasing hormone (GHRH), somatostatin, and possibly ghrelin, but uncertainty remains about the relative contributions of these hypophysiotropic factors to GH pulsatility. Patients with genetic GHRH receptor (GHRH-R) deficiency present an opportunity to examine GH secretory dynamics in the selective absence of GHRH input. We studied circadian GH profiles in four...
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