Increased Secretion of Endogenous GH after Treatment with an Intranasal GH-releasing Peptide-2 Spray Does Not Promote Growth in Short Children with GH Deficiency

We investigated whether treatment with an intranasal GH-releasing peptide (GHRP)-2 spray, which acts as a potent GH secretagogue that stimulates endogenous GH secretion, promotes growth in patients with GH deficiency (GHD). This study involved 126 prepubertal short children (81 males, 45 females) wi...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Toshiaki, Hasegawa, Yukihiro, Yokoya, Susumu, Nishi, Yoshikazu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1297/cpe.23.107

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