Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1022 page)

   Diagnosing growth disorders

   Diagnosing adult growth hormone deficiency

   Monitoring of recombinant human growth hormone treatment

   Possible adjunct to IGF-I and growth hormone in the diagnosis and followup of acromegaly and gigantism

   Interpretation

Increased In

   Overproduction of GH

   Excessive rhGH therapy

   Chronic renal failure

Decreased In

   GH deficiency

   GH resistance

   Fasting/chronic malnutrition

   Hepatic failure

   Diabetes mellitus

   Limitations