hGH Symposium
Mannheim, April 1997. "Hormone Research", Vol 48 Suppl. 5. Supplement Issue: Hormone Research 1997, Vol. 48, Suppl. 5
Published on 1. December 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
IV, 122 pages
978-3-8055-6606-3 (ISBN)
Description
The papers that make up this volume were taken from a symposium on hormone growth research held in Mannheim. Subjects covered in the text include the measurement of hormone growth action, growth hormone therapy in children and guidelines for optimizing growth hormone replacement therapy in adults.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basel
Switzerland
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
42 Schaubilder, 18 Tabellen
42 figs., 18 tab.
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 21 cm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8055-6606-3 (9783805566063)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Optimizing GH treatment: how do we best measure growth hormone action?, H.J. Guyda; optimizing growth hormone therapy in children, A. Grimberg and P. Cohen; optimizing growth hormone therapy during puberty, E. Codner et al; guidelines for optimizing growth hormone replacement therapy in adults, H. de Boer and E. van der Veen; growth hormone therapy for Turner syndrome - evidence for benefit, J.-C. Carel et al; growth hormone therapy in Turner syndrome - current uncertainties and future strategies, M.D.C. Donaldson. Part 2 GH, sex steroids and the skeleton: the action of GH/IGF-I/IGFBP in osteoblasts and osteoclasts, K. Chihara and T. Sugimoto; markers of bone and collagen metabolism - problems and perspectives in paediatrics, E. Schonau and F. Rauch; skeletal effects of growth hormone and IGF-I in adults, R. Marcus; sex steroids and the acquisition of bone mass, G. Saggese et al; growth hormone and the acquisition of bone mass, G. Johannsson and B.A. Bengtsson; the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, E.F. Eriksen and B.L. Langdahl; the management of acute bone loss in severe catabolism due to burn injury, G.L. Klein et al. Part 3 GH, obesity and lipid metabolism: health consequences of fat distribution, M.D. Jensen; fat distribution in children and adolescents - the influence of sex and hormones, C.T. Cowell et al; somatopause and adiposity, J.O.L. Jorgensen et al; action of growth hormone in adipose tissue, B. Richelsen; the use of stable isotopes to unravel the hyperlipidaemia of adult growth hormone deficiency, D.L. Russel-Jones et al; weight regulation, leptin and growth hormone, R.V. Considine.