In order to assess growth hormone reserve when insulin tolerance test is contraindicated/not preferreddoi:10.1007/978-3-319-13048-4_12Ergin, Ahmet BahadirKennedy, A. LaurenceGupta, Manjula K.Hamrahian, Amir H.Springer International Publishing...
Therefore, using the GHRH plusarginine testmight have overestimated GH response in any patient, given the potential hypothalamic effects of arginine on the "dysregulated" GH/IGF-1 axis present in FM. In conclusion, the present study shows that a not negligible subpopulation (25%) of patients wit...
The arginine and GHRP-2 tests as alternatives to the insulin tolerance test for the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency in Japanese patients: a comparison. The arginine + GHRH test has been established as an alternative to the insulin tolerance test (ITT) for the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency...
Early retesting by GHRH+arginine test shows normal GH response in most children with idiopathic GH deficiency. Bizzarri C,Pedicelli S,Boscherini B,et al. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation . 2014Bizzarri C, Pedicelli S, Boscherini B, Bedogni G, Cappa M, Cianfarani S. Early retesting...
Similarly in GHD, the GH response to the GHRH + ARG test showed a good inter- (1st vs 2nd session: 2.3 +/- 0.5 vs 2.2 +/- 0.6 microg/l) and intra-individual reproducibility (r = 0.70, p < 0.005). The GHRH + ARG-induced GH responses in GHD were markedly lower (p < 0.0005)...
Objective Data on the effect of gender on the interpretation of the GHRH plus arginine stimulation test (GHRH + ARG test) is controversial. We validated the GHRH + ARG stimulation test in control subjects and patients with organic or idiopathic pituitary disease and a suspicion of adult growth ...
SUMMARYWe have studied the effect of increased cholinergic tone on the GH response to growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) and on GH feedback, using pyridostigmine, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor. In six healthy male adult voluntee... RJM Ross,S Tsagarakis,A Grossman,... - 《Clinical Endo...
GHRH + arginineGH deficiencyObesityDiagnosisSensibilitySpecificityThe proportion of patients with low GH response to provocative tests increases with the number of other pituitary hormone deficiencies, reason why in panhypopituitary patients GH stimulation tests may be unnecessary to diagnose GH ...