Pituitary hyperplasia in children with short stature and primary hypothyroidism
โ Scribed by Aijing Xu; Tang Li
- Book ID
- 107697624
- Publisher
- Indian Academy of Pediatrics
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 81 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0019-6061
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The correlation between a releasable pituitary growth hormone (GH) pool and degree of growth failure was examined in 30 children with GH deficiency (group I) and 19 children with normal short stature (group II). Based on the responsiveness of GH to GH-releasing hormone (GHRH), group I, with low GH r
Plasma prolactin (PRL) response to arginine was examined in 16 prepubertal and 18 pubertal children with constitutional short stature, 5 patients with hyperthyroidism and 4 patients with primary hypothyroidism. The mean basal concentration of plasma PRL was significantly higher (P< 0.01) in primary