Endocrine Abstracts

Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) diagnosis poses a significant challenge since no test definitively diagnoses GHD. The current diagnostic approach for GHD relies on a determination of auxologic parameters followed by determining Growth Hormone (GH) levels and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I) in serum. However, clinical assessment and interpretation of GH and IGF-1 levels lack sensitivity. Further provocative studies of GH secretion do not have a precise cutoff level that di...