Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Diagnosis of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency With Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone Plus Arginine Stimulation Test
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study was to validate the growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) plus arginine (GHRH+arg) stimulation test and it´s cut-off limits for diagnosis of adult growth hormone deficiency using the growth hormone (GH) Immulite 2000 Xpi assay calibrated against the IS 98/574 from the World Health Organization. A specific aim was to study the effect of gender and age on the peak GH response in the GHRH+arg test