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Diagnostic Significance of Urinary Growth Hormone Measurement in Patients with Growth Hormone Deficiency
No Hyun Kim, Woo Yeong Chung, Soon Yong Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(8):1124-1131.   Published online August 15, 1995
Purpose : To investigate the diagnostic significance of urinary growth hormone measurement and compare with the urinary GH values in different methods of urine collection, this study was performed in patients with short stature. Methods : Measurement of urinary GH excretion was performed in 9 children with complete growth hormone deficiency (GCD), in 19 children with partial growth hormone deficiency (GPD)...
Clinical Significance of Urinary Growth Hormone Measurement in patients with Growth Hormone Deficien
Ho Seong Kim, Duk Hi Kim, Min-Seok Cheon
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1993;36(4):478-484.   Published online April 15, 1993
Urinary growth hormone (GH) excretion was quantitated in 12-hr overniaght urine collections obtained from 13 children with complete growth hormone deficiency(CGHD), 6 children with partial growth hormone deficiency(PGHD), 5 children with short stature and normal GH provocation tests(NSC), and 5 normal control children (NC) to investigate whether the measurement of urinary GH can clearly separate the PGHD and CGHD groups...
Quantification of Human Urinary Growth Hormone and Its Clinical Significance in the Diagnosis of Growth Hormone Deficiency
Seung Ryul Lee, Ho Seong Kim, Duk Hi Kim, Chang Mi Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(5):595-601.   Published online May 15, 1992
Twelve-hour nocturnal urine was collecte in 5 patients diagnosed of having complete GH deficiency, 6 of having partial GH deficiency and 7 persons as normal control group. The GH levels in urine collections were evaluated, and the results are as follows. 1) The GH level of normal control group was 16.76¡¾1.91ng/12hr, 59.00¡¾6.92ng/gCr, 16.24¡¾2.52ng/m2, 0.58¡¾0.12ng/kg. 2) The GH level of complete GH deficiency...
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