Growth hormone deficiency after treatment of acromegaly: a randomized, placebo-controlled study of growth hormone replacement

KK Miller, T Wexler, P Fazeli, L Gunnell… - The Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Context: The effects of GH replacement therapy in patients who develop GH deficiency
(GHD) after cure of acromegaly have not been established in a placebo-controlled study …

Cut-off limits of the GH response to GHRH plus arginine test and IGF-I levels for the diagnosis of GH deficiency in late adolescents and young adults

G Corneli, C Di Somma, F Prodam… - European Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Objective To define the appropriate diagnostic cut-off limits for the GH response to GHRH+
arginine (ARG) test and IGF-I levels, using receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve …

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology Disease State Clinical Review: update on growth hormone stimulation …

KCJ Yuen, NA Tritos, SL Samson, AR Hoffman… - Endocrine Practice, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective: The clinical features of adult GH deficiency (GHD) are nonspecific, and GH
stimulation testing is often required to confirm the diagnosis. However, diagnosing adult …

4H syndrome with late-onset growth hormone deficiency caused by POLR3A mutations

A Potic, B Brais, K Choquet, R Schiffmann… - Archives of …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To report a novel clinical and genetic presentation of a patient with 4H syndrome,
which is a recently described leukodystrophy syndrome characterized by ataxia …

Idiopathic adult growth hormone deficiency

S Melmed - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2013 - academic.oup.com
GH secretion is controlled by hypothalamic as well as intrapituitary and peripheral signals,
all of which converge upon the somatotroph, resulting in integrated GH synthesis and …

High risk of pituitary dysfunction due to aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a prospective investigation of anterior pituitary function in the acute phase and 12 …

F Tanriverdi, AT Dagli, Z Karaca… - Clinical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Recent investigations have provided evidence for a high prevalence of pituitary
dysfunction in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). However, apart from one …

Hypopituitarism and mortality in pituitary adenoma

J Lindholm, EH Nielsen, P Bjerre… - Clinical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective Previous studies on hypopituitarism and mortality have
concluded that insufficient pituitary function is associated with decreased survival. For …

Pituitary insufficiency after traumatic brain injury

D Wachter, K Gündling, MF Oertel, H Stracke… - Journal of Clinical …, 2009 - Elsevier
After traumatic brain injury (TBI), patients present with psychological disorders that may be
explained by post-traumatic pituitary insufficiency (PI). The goal of this study was to …

Growth hormone deficiency is associated with decreased quality of life in patients with prior acromegaly

T Wexler, L Gunnell, Z Omer, K Kuhlthau… - The Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Context: Both GH deficiency (GHD) and GH excess are associated with a decreased quality
of life. However, it is unknown whether patients with GHD after treatment for acromegaly …

Evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF-binding protein-3 in growth hormone-deficient children and adults using ROC plot …

HR Boquete, PGV Sobrado, HL Fideleff… - The Journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
We critically evaluated the diagnostic value of IGF-I and IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in
GH deficiency (GHD) in children and adults using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) …