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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty-five children with short-stature underwent insulin-loading and sleep tests for assessment of secretion of human growth hormone. Correlations between the levels of human growth hormone in the serum and urine during the tests were examined to elucidate the clinical significance of urinary human growth hormone levels in short children. The concentration and total amount of human growth hormone in the urine correlated significantly with the peak concentration of serum human growth hormone (r = 0.81, p less than 0.001 and r = 0.80, p less than 0.001, respectively) and the integrated concentration of human growth hormone (r = 0.85, p less than 0.001 and r = 0.85, p less than 0.001, respectively) in the insulin-loading test. The concentration and total amount of human growth hormone in the morning urine also correlated significantly with the peak concentration of serum human growth hormone (r = 0.80, p less than 0.001 and r = 0.70, p less than 0.001, respectively) and the integrated concentration of serum human growth hormone (r = 0.80, p less than 0.001 and r = 0.72, p less than 0.001, respectively) in the sleep test. The concentration or total amount of human growth hormone in the urine differed significantly among children with human growth hormone deficiency, those with nonendocrine short stature, and those with normal stature (p less than 0.05). These data suggest that measurement of human growth hormone in the urine may be used to assess secretion of human growth hormone, serving as a screening test for human growth hormone deficiency in children.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-3476
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
120
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
233-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Urinary excretion of human growth hormone in children with short stature: correlation with pituitary secretion of human growth hormone.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article