Endocrine Abstracts

Since more than 40 years growth hormone (GH) measurement has been possible by immunoassay techniques. Although these methods have greatly augmented the diagnostic tools of endocrinologists following patients with GH-related disorders, their use has also brought about confusion and left uncertainties.Cut-off levels for dynamic GH tests in the diagnosis of both GH deficiency and acromegaly have to be considered arbitrary, since different commercial hGH ass...

C Strasburger, Charite Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany AbstractSince 2003 Christian J Strasburger has been Division Chief and Professor of Clinical Endocrinology at the Department of Medicine at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. He graduated from the Medizinische Universität Lübeck, Germany and trained in internal medicine and endocrinology at the Universities of Lübeck and Munich. He ...