hGH Symposium
12th Symposium, Keystone, June 2001. Supplement Issue: "Hormone Research" 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 1. Supplement Issue: Hormone Research 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 1
Published on 20. December 2001
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Paperback/Softback
IV, 108 pages
978-3-8055-7369-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains a number of papers from the 12th hGh Symposium of 2001. They discuss issues of hormone research.
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Growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor-I and the cortisol-cortisone shuttle, P.M. Stewart, A.A. Toogood, J.W. Tomlinson; glucocorticoids, thyroid hormone and growth hormone interactions - implications for the growth plate, T. Siebler, H. Robson, S.M. Shalet, G.R. Williams; growth hormone therapy in the glucocorticosteroid-dependent child - metabolic and linear growth effects, N. Mauras; growth abnormalities associated with adrenal disorders and their management, M.O. Savage, M.-C. Lebrethon, J.C. Blair, J.T.F. Ho, L.B. Johnston, A. Lienhardt, A.J.L. Clark, J.-L. Chaussain; steroid myopathy - pathogenesis and effects of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I administration, F. Kanda, S. Okuda, T. Matsushita, K. Takatani, K. Kimura, K. Chihara; individualizing growth hormone dosing in children, K.-W. Lee, P. Cohen; from fixed to individual dosing in growth hormone-deficient adults, M. Lee Vance; Turner's syndrome - a paediatric perspective, T.J.C. Sas, S.M.P.F. de Muinck Keizer-Schrama, The Dutch Advisory Group on Growth Hormone; medical problems of Turner's syndrome in adulthood, C.H. Gravholt; health-related quality of life - methods of assessment, I. Barofsky; impact of growth hormone (GH) therapy on quality of life along the lifespan of GH-treated patients, B. Stabler; computer-guided, population-based screening system for growth disorders (CrescNetr) and on-line generation of normative data, for growth development, W. Kiess, R. Gausche, A. Keller, J. Burmeister, H. Willgerodt, E. Keller; multiple endocrine neoplasia, R.V. Thakker; the growth hormone axis - why is the pattern of hormone exposure so important?, V. Roelfsema, A. Baker, R. Clark; thyroid hormone replacement therapy, W.M. Wiersinga; physiological principles of endocrine replacement - oestrogen, H.G. Burger; testosterone deficiency and replacement, S. Howell, S. Shalet; purification and distribution of ghrelin - the natural endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, M. Kojima, H. Hosoda, K. Kangawa; the future of endocrinology and the endocrinologist of the future, R. Bouillo.