Growth retardation in inflammatory bowel disease
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Nyctohemeral growth hormone levels in children with growth retardation and inflammatory bowel disease.
Short stature is a common complication of inflammatory bowel disease. Recently McCaffery, Nasr, Lawrence, and Kirsner (1970) concluded, from blood growth hormone (GH) levels obtained during insulin-hypoglycaemic provocation, that GH deficiency contributed to the retardation in growth observed in subjects with inflammatory bowel disease. Although it was not possible to eliminate the possibility ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0016-5085
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(78)90859-4