Part 1 GH, growth factors and the nervous system: effects of growth hormone on cerebral development - morphological studies, T. Noguchi; growth hormone and its receptors in the central nervous system - location and functional significance, F. Nyberg and P. Burman; growth, growth hormone and cognitive functions, A. Sartorio et al; links between growth hormone deficiency, adaptation and social phobia, B. Stabler et al; growth hormone deficiency and quality of life, G. McGauley et al. Part 2 Immunology, nutrition and catabolic states: growth hormone, growth factors and haematopoiesis, K.W. Kelley et al; aging and immune function - a possible role for growth hormone, M.C. Gelato; growth hormone and the immune response to bacterial infection, H. Saito et al; effects of human growth hormone on the catabolic state after surgical trauma, R. Vara-Thorbeck et al. Part 3 GH and gonadal hormones: the ontogeny of growth hormone, insulin-like growth factors and sex steroids - molecular aspects, V.K.M. Han; sex steroid regulations of growth hormone secretion and action, K.K.Y. Ho et al; sex steroids, growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor-1 - neuroendocrine and metabolic regulation in puberty, N. Mauras et al; growth hormone and fertility - clinical studies, R. Homburg; role of growth hormone and sex steroids in achieving and maintaining normal bone mass, S.J. Holmes and S.M. Shalet; influence of growth hormone and androgens on body composition in adults, J.O.L. Jorgensen et al. Part 4 Recent advances: growth hormone axis in Cushing's syndrome, B.L. Wajchenberg et al; mutations of the fibroblast growth factor receptor-3 gene in achondroplasia, F. Rousseau et al.
