Insulin-like growth factor-1 level is a poor diagnostic indicator of growth hormone deficiency

We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) for screening growth hormone deficiency (GHD) to determine the usefulness of IGF-1 as a screening test. Among 298 consecutive children who had short stature or decreased height velocity, we measured IGF-1 levels and perform...

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Autores principales: Iwayama, Hideyuki, Kitagawa, Sachiko, Sada, Jyun, Miyamoto, Ryosuke, Hayakawa, Tomohito, Kuroyanagi, Yoshiyuki, Muto, Taichiro, Kurahashi, Hirokazu, Ohashi, Wataru, Takagi, Junko, Okumura, Akihisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8352887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34373538
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95632-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8352887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34373538
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95632-0

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