The eighth hGH Symposium, Mannheim 1997, April 24-27, 1997

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The eighth hGH Symposium, Mannheim 1997, April 24-27, 1997

editors, J. Girard, J.S. Christiansen

(Hormone research, v. 48 ; Supplement ; 5)

Karger, 1997

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Includes bibiographical references and index

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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.

Table of Contents

  • 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.

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  • NCID
    BA33664961
  • ISBN
    • 3805566069
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basel ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    121 p.
  • Size
    28 cm
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