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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Growth hormones
Growth hormone
Growth hormone (GH) is a protein-based peptide hormone. It stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals. Growth hormone is a 191-amino acid, single-chain polypeptide that is synthesized, stored, and secreted by the somatotroph cells within the lateral wings of the anterior pituitary gland. Somatotropin refers to the growth hormone 1 produced naturally in animals, whereas the term somatropin refers to growth hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology, and is abbreviated "HGH" in humans. Growth hormone is used as a prescription drug in medicine to treat children's growth disorders and adult growth hormone deficiency...
Growth hormones - List of case studies
- spreading pancreatic cancer
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. A surgical procedure was carried out to remove the growth in the pancreas by intra-aortocaval retropancreatic ... islet cell tumors in MEN-1 often synthesize multiple hormones as seen with this patient. Patients do not always have clinical ...
- List of Examinations
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test Glycaemia Glycemia Graded strain Growth chart Growth curves Growth hormones Guided FNA biopsy Gynecological investigation H ...
- Multiple miscarriages
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2) Miscarriage due to suspected fetal growth delay - Miscarriage around the 17 th week, with no cardiac activity ... and tachipirina. Normal Beta HCG levels; normal thyroid hormones values. The medical treatment consisted of folic acid and ASA, 75 ...
- Possible Anorexia, Vomiting, Failure to Gain Weight and Linear Growth Retardation
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Growth Disorder short_summary: ... her very short stature. Glucaton test indicated growth hormones normal. X rays were done her bone age and diseases (see enclosed). ...
- Feeding problems, vomiting and short stature in prematurely born child
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have been: poor feeding, failure to gain weight and linear growth retardation. The poor feeding has been handled by an NG tube and later, ... workup: 1. Glucaton test indicated growth hormones normal. 2. X rays were done to determine her bone age and ...