Influence of Gender in Growth Hormone Status in Adults: Role of Urinary Growth Hormone

Influence of gender in growth hormone status in adults: role of urinary growth hormone.

relevance; age and sex, however, are more important because these will influence the upper reference concentrations of both these markers. In addition, caution should be taken when using the Mb over FABP ratio to discriminate cardiac from skeletal muscle injury, especially for patients .50 years of age. We thank N. Drees, Roche Diagnostic Systems, for stimulating discussions and for providing t...

Urinary growth hormone estimation in diagnosing severe growth hormone deficiency.

Urinary growth hormone was measured in 54 children with short stature who had growth hormone deficiency that was initially diagnosed pharmacologically (arginine and L-dopa) and physiologically (mean growth hormone concentration during sleep evaluated twice). Based on the growth hormone response to pharmacological tests the subjects were subdivided into three groups: group A, 20 subjects with no...

Effect of growth hormone on bone status in growth hormone-deficient adults.

BACKGROUND Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is associated with reduced bone mineral content and increased risk of osteoporotic fractures. Reduced peak bone mass might explain the low bone mineral density (BMD) among patients with childhood onset GHD (CO-GHD) whilst the cause of osteopenia in adult-onset GHD (AO-GHD) is not fully understood. OBJECTIVES Prospective multicentric study to asses bo...

The Influence of Growth Hormone Gene Polymorphism on Growth Rate of Young Cattle

Beef production is an important development area in animal breeding with meat quality being determined by both paratypic and genetic factors. In this regard evaluating genetic material for the presence of desirable allele combinations of genes associated with growth and development indicators, as well as meat qualities of animals have a certain scientific and practical significance. The aim of ...

Urinary growth hormone excretion.