Testosterone and Growth Hormone Levels in Female Dromedary Camels

ABSTRACT Seventy-one women were treated with a daily dose of 0.25 mg of the progestogen ethynodiol diacetate. They were all tested with a three-hour oral glucose tolerance test before beginning the steroid and then again during the sixth month of use. Measurements were made of blood glucose and plasma insulin and growth hormone levels. There was a significant elevation of the blood glucose levels after steroid treatment as well as a deterioration in the tolerance curve in 12.9% of the women. The plasma insulin values were also elevated after drug treatment whereas the fasting ambulatory growth hormone levels did not significantly change. There was a significant association between the changes in glucose and insulin levels and the subject's age, control weight, or weight gain during treatment. The importance of considering the metabolic effects of the progestogen component of oral contraceptives is stressed.

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The argument for growth hormone day curve testing in acromegaly; significant discrepancy between mean growth hormone and random growth hormone levels

Endocrine Abstracts ◽

10.1530/endoabs.65.p285 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Ultan Healy ◽

Shoaib Kahn ◽

Alex Vincent ◽

Jacinto Martinez ◽

Christine J H May ◽

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Keyword(s):

Growth Hormone ◽

Significant Discrepancy ◽

Hormone Levels ◽

Random Growth

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Growth hormone levels in diabetes. Correlation with the clinical control of the disease

Diabetes ◽

10.2337/diabetes.25.3.167 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 167-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

R. Vigneri ◽

S. Squatrito ◽

V. Pezzino ◽

S. Filetti ◽

S. Branca ◽

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Keyword(s):

Growth Hormone ◽

Hormone Levels ◽

Clinical Control

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EFFECT OF METHYLDOPA ON SERUM PROLACTIN AND GROWTH HORMONE LEVELS

InPharma ◽

10.1007/bf03287335 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

pp. 15-15

Keyword(s):

Growth Hormone ◽

Serum Prolactin ◽

Hormone Levels

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CHANGES IN PLASMA GROWTH HORMONE LEVELS IN RETARDED CHILDREN

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2788.1968.tb00269.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 12 (3-4) ◽

pp. 294-306

Author(s):

J. HILLMAN ◽

J. HAMMOND ◽

J. SOKOLA ◽

M. REISS

Keyword(s):

Growth Hormone ◽

Plasma Growth Hormone ◽

Hormone Levels

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Growth Hormone Response to Insulin–Induced Hypoglycemia in Newborn Infants

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.48.6.998a ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 48 (6) ◽

pp. 998-999

Author(s):

S. H. Reisner ◽

M. Cornblath ◽

Ronald W. Gotlin

Keyword(s):

Growth Hormone ◽

Premature Infants ◽

Newborn Infants ◽

Full Term ◽

Growth Hormone Response ◽

Hormone Response ◽

Marked Rise ◽

Hormone Levels

In the article by J. R. Humbert and R. W. Gotlin,1 the authors state that previous reports in which hypoglycemia was induced artificially with insulin demonstrated a variable growth hormone response. They then refer to the paper by Cornblath, et al.2 as reporting a failure to obtain a rise in growth hormone levels. This is incorrect as we found that insulin-induced hypoglycemia actually resulted in a very marked rise in growth hormone levels in both the full-term and premature infants tested.

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