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PROVOCATIVE TESTING OF HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE IN SHORT STATURED CHILDREN

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Title: PROVOCATIVE TESTING OF HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE IN SHORT STATURED CHILDREN

Authors: Qaisar Hussain Siraj , Asma Inam-ur-Rehman , Amin Waqar , Syed Azhar Ahmed 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1987

Volume: 37

Issue: 10

Language: English

Categories
Short Stature (4) Medicine (22336) Growth Hormone (6) Endocrinology (11489) Pediatrics (13616)

Abstract

Abstract


We have studied the combined use of two procedures, i.e, L-Dopa stimulation and exercise stimula­tion as provocative tests of hGH release in establishing the diagnosis of hGH deficiency in 30 short statured children. This combination was found to be a simple, reliable and practical regimen for routine use as an outdoor diagnostic procedure. Our initial experience with the “Cold pressor test”, a new test of hGH stimulation is also reported

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