Growth hormone response in fetal alcohol syndrome.
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Growth hormone response in fetal alcohol syndrome.
In the fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) there is severe physical growth retardation both prenatally and postnatally. Secretion of growth hormone (GH) after insulin-induced hypoglycaemia and arginine infusion was analysed in 5 cases of FAS to find out whether changes in GH secretion might account for the abnormal growth pattern. Results showed a normal or slight hyper-response of GH up to 150 ng/ml,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.51.9.703