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Somatotropin deficiency

Known as: Growth hormone deficiency, deficiency growth hormone, ghd 
Abnormally low levels of circulating somatotropin.
National Institutes of Health

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28 relations
3C syndromeAlstrom SyndromeAxenfeld-Rieger Syndrome, Type 1CHARGE Syndrome

Broader (4)

DwarfismHypopituitarismHypothalamic DiseasesPituitary Diseases

Narrower (3)

Isolated somatotropin deficiencyLaron SyndromePituitary dwarfism

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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Abnormal Vascular Reactivity in Growth Hormone Deficiency
Background —The reason why patients with growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD) are at increased risk for premature cardiovascular… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
The endocrine outcome after surgical removal of craniopharyngiomas.
The postoperative course of children undergoing surgery for craniopharyngioma was reviewed. Typically they were below height at… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Do short children secrete insufficient growth hormone?
The 24-hour integrated concentration of growth hormone from 46 children of normal stature was compared with that of 90 short… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The educational, vocational, and marital status of growth hormone-deficient adults treated with growth hormone during childhood.
The goal of growth hormone therapy in childhood is to increase stature, thereby facilitating normal psychosocial development. To… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Abnormalities of growth hormone release in response to human pancreatic growth hormone releasing factor (GRF (1-44) ) in acromegaly and hypopituitarism.
Human pancreatic growth hormone releasing factor (GRF (1-44)) is the parent molecule of several peptides recently extracted from… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Somatomedin A levels in serum from healthy children and from children with growth hormone deficiency or delayed puberty.
Serum somatomedin A (SMA) has been determined in healthy children (n = 188) in relation to age using both a radioimmunoassay and… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Serum somatomedin-C in hypopituitarism and in other disorders of growth.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Elevated plasma TSH and hypothyroidism in children with hypothalamic hypopituitarism.
Basal TSH levels were found to be elevated in 6 patients with documented growth hormone deficiency and hypothyroidism. TRH (200… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Studies of hyperlipidemia in the HGH-deficient state.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Growth and growth hormone. IV. Limitations of the growth hormone response to insulin and arginine and of the immunoreactive insulin response to arginine in the assessment of growth hormone deficiency…
The growth hormone (GH) response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia and to arginine infusion has been evaluated in 60 children with… 
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