Acromegaly and Other Disorders of Growth Hormone Secretion
Authors: JESSE ROTH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Clinical Staff Conference1 April 1967Acromegaly and Other Disorders of Growth Hormone SecretionCombined Clinical Staff Conference at the National Institutes of HealthJESSE ROTH, M.D., SEYMOUR M. GLICK, M.D., PEDRO CUATRECASAS, M.D., CHARLES S. HOLLANDER, M.D.JESSE ROTH, M.D., SEYMOUR M. GLICK, M.D., PEDRO CUATRECASAS, M.D., CHARLES S. HOLLANDER, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-4-760 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDr. Jesse Roth: Our three speakers today have generously agreed to present new and unpublished material. In fact, for most of the data this conference will be a world premiere. As moderator I shall restrict myself to reviews of older data to preserve the continuity between speakers.The new era in human growth hormone (HGH) opened up about 10 years ago when Raben, Li, and Papkoff, and others reported the isolation and the purification of the human hormone. The specific effects of the hormone in man were rapidly confirmed—not only the growth-promoting effects but effects on fat, carbohydrate, protein, and...References1. RABEN MS: Growth hormone. 1. Physiologic aspects. New Eng. J. Med. 266: 31, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. YALOWBERSON RSSA: Immunoassay of endogenous plasma insulin in man. J. Clin. Invest. 39: 1157, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. BERSONYALOW SARS: Immunoassay of protein hormones, in The Hormones, vol. IV, edited by PINCUS, G., THIMANN, K. V., ASTWOOD, E. B. Academic Press, New York, 1964, p. 557. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. UTIGERPARKERDAUGHADAY RDMLWH: Studies on human growth hormone. I. 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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Jesse Roth, M.D., Clinical Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, Bldg. 10, Room 8-N-315, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 20014. 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