Growth hormone: isoforms, clinical aspects and assays interference

Abstract The measurement of circulating concentrations of growth hormone (GH) is an indispensable tool in the diagnosis of both GH deficiency and GH excess. GH is a heterogeneous protein composed of several molecular isoforms, but the physiological role of these different isoforms has not yet been f...

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Main Authors: Júnia Ribeiro de Oliveira Longo Schweizer, Antônio Ribeiro-Oliveira Jr, Martin Bidlingmaier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2018-08-01
Series:Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40842-018-0068-1