SOMATOMEDIN A IN HUMAN SERUM, DETERMINED BY RADIORECEPTOR ASSAY
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 82 (2) , 449-459
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0820449
Abstract
Somatomedin A was determined by radioreceptor assay in serum from patients with various disorders. The mean values of somatomedin A in serum from 20 adult subjects, 21 patients with acromegaly, and 17 patients with hypopituitary dwarfism were 1.08 ± 0.08, 3.02 ± 0.33 and 0.44 ± 0.03 U/ml, respectively. In children below 2 years of age, low levels were found (mean 0.40 ± 0.04 U/ml). Normal levels were found in patients with Turner's syndrome and primary hypothyroidism, increased levels in uraemic patients, and decreased levels in Laron dwarfs.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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