Title | Basic and Clinical Aspects of Growth Hormone [electronic resource] / edited by Barry B. Bercu |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1988 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5505-2 |
Descript | XI, 380 p. 79 illus. online resource |
I. Processing of Growth Hormone -- 1. Growth Hormone Gene Expression: Hormonal Regulation and Tissue-Specific Expression -- 2. Heterogeneity of Growth Hormone -- 3. Some Aspects on the Biochemistry of Growth Hormone -- 4. Multiple Forms of Growth Hormone -- 5. Genetic Defects in Processing Growth Hormone -- 6. Summary of Session I: Processing of Growth Hormone -- II. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion -- 7. Interactions Between Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone, Somatostatin and Galanin in the Control of Growth Hormone Secretion -- 8. The Role of Neurotransmitters in Growth Hormone Secretion -- 9. Acromegaly -- 10. Summary of Session II: Neuroendocrine Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion -- III. Assessment of Growth Hormone Secretion in Children -- 11. Dynamics of GH Secretion in Children -- 12. Growth Hormone Neurosecretory Dysfunction: Update -- 13. Growth Hormone Secretion and Growth in Central Nervous System Irradiated Children -- 14. Age and Sex-Related Neurosecretion of Growth Hormone -- 15. Chronobiology of Growth Hormone Secretion -- 16. Summary of Session III: Assessment of Growth Hormone Secretion in Children -- IV. Growth Hormone Action -- 17. Growth Hormone Receptors in Rat Adipocytes -- 18. Direct Action of GH -- 19. Comparison of Growth Effects of rhIGF-I in Diabetic and Hypox Rats with Those of Insulin and Growth Hormone -- 20. Biological Action of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I In Vivo -- 21. Insulin-Like Growth Factors in Fetal Growth -- 22. Organization and Expression of the Genes Encoding the Human Somatomedins -- 23. Summary of Session IV: Growth Hormone Action -- V. Therapeutic Effects of Growth Hormone -- 24. Assessing Selected Aspects of Adequacy of the Growth Hormone-Somatomedin Axis in Short Children with Quantitatively Normal Growth Hormone Secretion -- 25. Therapeutic Effects of Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone -- 26. Improvement in Growth Rate and Mean Predicted Height During Long-Term Treatment with Growth Hormone in Children with Non-Growth Hormone Deficient Short Stature -- 27. Constitutional Delay of Growth and Adolescent Development -- 28. Dose-Response Relationship of Growth Hormone Therapy -- 29. Effects of Human Growth Hormone in Normal Short Children and in Patients with Intrauterine Growth Retardation, Glucocorticoid-Induced Stunting of Growth, Osteochondrodystrophies and Other Disorders -- 30. Summary of Session V: Therapeutic Effects of Growth Hormone. -- VI. New Applications of Growth Hormone Treatment -- 31. Growth Hormone Therapy in Turnerโs Syndrome -- 32. Use of Growth Hormone in Surgery -- 33. Interaction of Growth Hormone and Nutritional Intake in Facilitating Nitrogen Conservation and Promoting Lipolysis -- 34. Assessment of the Risks of Treatment with Human Growth Hormone -- 35. Summary of International Growth Hormone Symposium -- Author Index