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- Growth Hormone Tests What are growth hormone tests? Growth hormone (GH) tests are blood tests that check to see if your body is making a normal amount of ... the pituitary gland. Why do I need a growth hormone test? Your provider may order a GH test ...
- Growth hormone deficiency means the pituitary gland does not make enough growth hormone. ... the body's balance of hormones. It also makes growth hormone. This hormone causes a child to grow. Growth ...
- Isolated growth hormone deficiency is a condition caused by a severe shortage or absence of growth hormone. Growth hormone is a protein that is necessary for the ...
- ... a condition in which there is too much growth hormone (GH) in the body. ... caused when the pituitary gland makes too much growth hormone. The pituitary gland is a small endocrine gland ...
- ... is abnormal growth due to an excess of growth hormone (GH) during childhood.
- The growth hormone test measures the amount of growth hormone in the blood. The pituitary gland makes growth hormone, which causes a child to grow. This gland ...
- ... syndrome Turner syndrome Williams syndrome Other reasons include: Growth hormone deficiency Infections of the developing baby before birth ...
- ... results from the body's inability to use growth hormone, a substance produced by the brain's pituitary ... provides instructions for making a protein called the growth hormone receptor. The receptor is present on the outer ...
- The GH1 gene provides instructions for making the growth hormone protein. Growth hormone is produced in the growth-stimulating somatotropic cells ... is located at the base of the brain. Growth hormone is necessary for the normal growth of the ...
- The GHRHR gene provides instructions for making the growth hormone releasing hormone receptor. This receptor is active (expressed) ... of the brain and produces many hormones, including growth hormone. Growth hormone is necessary for the normal growth ...
