Stilboestrol pretreatment of children with short stature does not affect the growth hormone response to growth hormone-releasing hormone.
Oestrogens are known to enhance both basal and stimulated GH secretion. To examine whether this effect is mediated through the hypothalamus or the pituitary we performed insulin tolerance and GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) tests with and without oestrogen priming in a group of 14 short children. Pretre...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1987
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