A SIMPLE ORAL TEST OF GROWTH-HORMONE SECRETION IN CHILDREN
1968; Elsevier BV; Volume: 292; Issue: 7564 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0140-6736(68)90592-8
ISSN1474-547X
AutoresD Jackson, David Grant, BarbaraE. Clayton,
Tópico(s)Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients
ResumoThe serum-growth-hormone (H.G.H.) response to 'Bovril ' has been evaluated in eleven normal adults, and in thirty-seven boys and twenty-six girls aged 3 months to 19 years who were inpatients. Only one of five men exhibited a marked response, but increased levels were produced in all the women. Of the sixty-three children, forty-nine showed a definite response to Bovril. Serum-insulin and blood-glucose levels were determined in four women and five of the children undergoing the Bovril tests, and no significant changes were found. Comparable responses to Bovril and insulin-induced hypoglycæmia were obtained in the seven children tested by both methods. The Bovril test is recommended as a convenient, safe method of testing children for ability to secrete growth-hormone.
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