A Proposal for the Interpretation of Serum IGF-I Concentration as Part of Laboratory Screening in Children with Growth Failure
The serum insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) concentration is commonly used as a screening tool for growth hormone deficiency (GHD), but there is no consensus on the cut-off limit of IGF-I standard deviation score (SDS) to perform GH stimulation tests for confirmation or exclusion of GHD. We argue...
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| Language: | English |
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Galenos Yayincilik
2020-06-01
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| Series: | JCRPE |
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http://www.jcrpe.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/a-proposal-for-the-nterpretation-of-serum-gf--conc/32184
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