Measurements of Serum Growth Hormone and Insulin in Gigantism
- 1 March 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Vol. 28 (3) , 393-398
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-28-3-393
Abstract
A patient with gigantism is described with measurements of insulin and growth hormone levels. The unresponsiveness of growth hormone to insulin hypoglycemia and glucose loading was similar to reported findings in many acromegalic patients.Keywords
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