How to determine if you have Human Growth Hormone deficiencies

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Growth Hormone Deficiency More
Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago by Philippe Dossin | permalink
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For further reading: http://www.healthline.com/health/growth-hormone-deficiency ^[1]

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Growth hormone deficiency - children: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia More
Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago by Kebo Drew | permalink
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For further reading: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001176.htm ^[2]

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Adult growth hormone deficiency More
Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago by Jackie Rainey | permalink
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Adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) is being recognized increasingly and has been thought to be associated with premature mortality. Pituitary tumors are the commonest cause for AGHD. Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) has been associated with neuropsychiatric-cognitive, ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3183535/ ^[3]

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Signs And Symptoms of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency » Human Growth Foundation More
Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago by Crystal Ramirez | permalink
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Diagnosis of AGHD Until several years ago, the growth hormone stimulation test (GHST), which measures the capacity of the pituitary to produce growth, was considered the principal criteria for the diagnosis of AGHD. During the past several years, the accuracy of the GHST to determine whether a person has AGHD has been increasingly questioned because …

For further reading: http://hgfound.org/resources/adult-growth-hormone-deficiency/signs-and-symptoms-of-adult-growth-hormone-deficiency/ ^[4]

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About Humatrope (somatropin [rDNA origin] for injection) More
Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago by Silent Lain | permalink
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Humatrope is used to treat children and adults with growth hormone deficiency and growth disorders. Learn which conditions Humatrope treats.
For further reading: http://www.humatrope.com/about-humatrope.html ^[5]

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1. http://www.healthline.com/health/growth-hormone-deficiency

2. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001176.htm

3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3183535/

4. http://hgfound.org/resources/adult-growth-hormone-deficiency/signs-and-symptoms-of-adult-growth-hormone-deficiency/

5. http://www.humatrope.com/about-humatrope.html