Peripheral Subresponsiveness to Human Growth Hormone in the African Pygmies
- 18 December 1969
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 281 (25) , 1383-1388
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196912182812502
Abstract
The African pygmies, an ethnic group characterized by proportionate shortness of stature, attain normal plasma concentrations of human growth hormone (HGH) after arginine infusion and insulin-induced hypoglycemia. Their plasma insulin and glucose responses to these stimuli, however, are similar to those of HGH-deficient dwarfs.Keywords
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