ea0013p134 | Growth and development | SFEBES2007
Marland AC
, Wass JAH
Introduction: It is known that growth hormone secretion is affected by age and patients sex. We have assessed pre-treatment IGF-1 levels and responses to a standard dose of exogenous growth hormone (0.4 mg daily) in males and females arbitrarily categorised into young (2040 yrs), middle-aged (4060 yrs) and elderly (over 60 yrs). All patients were growth hormone deficient on either an insulin tolerance test or a glucagon test, peak growth hormone did not rise ...