THE VALUE OF PYRIDOSTIGMINE IN EVALUATION OF GH RESERVE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
- VernacularTitle:吡啶斯的明试验对评价垂体hGH储备功能的价值
- Author:
Xiao-Dong WANG
;
Chang-Yu PAN
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Growth hormone Pyridostigmine Insulin Dwarfism
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
1986;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
In the present study, we observed the effects of cholinergic enhancement by pyridostigmine (PD), a cholinesterases inhibitor, on GH release in both normal (n = 13) and GH deficient children and adolescents (n = 8). Responses of GH to insulin hypoglycemia were also observed. In the normal subjects, PD-induced serum GH peak levels were significantly higher than that induced by insulin (P
