Increases in bioactive IGF do not parallel increases in total IGF-I during growth hormone treatment of children born SGA.
Mathilde Gersel Wegmann,
Rikke Beck Jensen,
Ajay Thankamony,
Jan Frystyk,
Edna Roche,
Hilary Hoey,
Jeremy Kirk,
Guftar Shaikh,
Sten-A Ivarsson,
Olle Söder,
David B Dunger,
Anders Juul
Nov 19, 2019
BACKGROUND: Some children born small for gestational age (SGA) experience supra-physiological insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) concentrations during GH treatment. However, measurements of total IGF-I concentrations may not...