An audit of 500 subcutaneous glucagon stimulation tests to assess growth hormone and ACTH secretion in patients with hypothalamic–pituitary disease
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Endocrinology
- Vol. 54 (4), 463-468
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2265.2001.01169.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The insulin tolerance test (ITT) is usually regarded as the ‘gold standard’ for the assessment of the hypothalamic–pituitary axis (growth hormone (GH) and ACTH) but must be used with cautio...Keywords
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