Ausgabe 2/2007
Special Issue on Utility of Growth Hormone and IGF-I Assays; Guest Editor: Pamela Freda
Inhalt (13 Artikel)
Introduction to the special issue of pituitary: “Utility of growth hormone and IGF-I assays”
Pamela U. Freda
Growth hormone assays: current methodologies and their limitations
Martin Bidlingmaier, Christian J. Strasburger
Normal levels of serum IGF-I: determinants and validity of current reference ranges
G. Brabant, H. Wallaschofski
Growth hormone levels in the diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency in adulthood
Ginevra Corneli, Valentina Gasco, Flavia Prodam, Silvia Grottoli, Gianluca Aimaretti, Ezio Ghigo
IGF-I measurements in the diagnosis of adult growth hormone deficiency
Anita Y. M. Kwan, Mark L. Hartman
IGF-I measurements in the monitoring of GH therapy
Claire E. Higham, Andreas Jostel, Peter J. Trainer
Approach to the evaluation of the GH/IGF-axis in patients with pituitary disease: which test to order
Brian Roberts, Laurence Katznelson