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Mechanism of Impaired Growth Hormone Response in Children with Simple Obesity
Moon Sung Park, Mi Jung Park, Ho Seong Kim, Duk Hi Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1994;37(4):457-463.   Published online April 15, 1994
Obesity is associated with an impairment of the hormone secretion elicited by all stimuli known to date, but the basic mechanism of this alteration is unknown, To determine whether obesity is associated with a chronic state of tonic somatostatin, several tests with growth hormone stimuli such as GHRH (1㎍/kg), clonidine (150㎍/m2) and Resular insulin (0.1U/kg, subcutaneously), to obese subjects and...
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