Evolution of growth hormone neurosecretory disturbance after cranial irradiation for childhood brain tumours: a prospective study.

To determine the aetiopathology of post-irradiation growth hormone (GH) deficiency, we performed a mixed longitudinal analysis of 56 24 h serum GH concentration profiles and 45 paired insulin-induced hypoglycaemia tests (ITT) in 35 prepubertal children, aged 1.5-11.8 years, with brain tumours in the...

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Principais autores: Spoudeas, H, Hindmarsh, P, Matthews, DR, Brook, C
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 1996