Diurnal secretion of growth hormone, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone in pre- and perimenopausal women with active rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot case-control study

Diurnal secretion of growth hormone, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone in pre- and perimenopausal women with active rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot case-control study

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with neuroendocrine and immunologic dysfunction leading to rheumatoid cachexia. Although excess proinflammatory cytokines can decrease somatotropic axis activity, little is known about the effects of RA on growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-1 (GH/IGF-I)...

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Main Authors: Blackman, Marc R, Muniyappa, Ranganath, Wilson, Mildred, Moquin, Barbara E, Baldwin, Howard L, Wong, Kelli A, Snyder, Christopher, Magalnick, Michael, Alli, Shaan, Reynolds, James, Steinberg, Seth M, Goldbach-Mansky, Raphaela
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2007
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206381/

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