Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is a relatively uncommon and heterogeneous endocrine disorder presenting in childhood with short stature. However, during the neonatal period, the metabolic effects of GHD may to require prompt replacement therapy to avoid possible life-threatening complications. An increasing amount of data suggests the importance of an early diagnosis and treatment of GHD becau...

Four hundred and forty-nine children with heights below -2.5 SD were identified by screening for height a total population of 48221 in three Scottish cities. Children participating in the study could be classified into 5 groups: severe growth hormone deficiency (n = 13), partial growth hormone deficiency (n = 25), low birthweight short stature (n = 34), constitutional short stature (n = 178), a...

The administration of recombinant methionyl bovine somatotropin (rMbST) to dairy cows to increase milk yield remains a common practice in many countries including the USA, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and Korea, whereas it has been forbidden within the European Union (EU) since 1999. A rapid screening immunoanalytical method capable of the unequivocal determination of rMbST in milk would be hig...

BACKGROUND A human proteome is relatively dynamic compared with its corresponding genome. Our aim was to study the heterogeneity of a human pituitary proteome as a function of gender, age, and race. METHODS Pituitary control tissues (n = 8) were used to extract proteins; each control tissue was analyzed (n = 3-5) with two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DGE) and PDQuest software. We obtaine...

Introduction: The incidence rate of acromegaly is 50 to70 persons per one million people. It occurs twice as often in women than in men, especially in middle age. In the course of the disease, insulin resistance develops, which is connected with the hypersecretion of somatotropin. Type 2 diabetes mellitus occurs more frequently in patients with acromegaly than in the rest of the population. It ...