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Horm Metab Res 1972; 4(6): 463-466
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1094006
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Failure of Suppression of Nocturnal Growth Hormone Rise by Acute Corticosteroid Administration[*]

D. T. Krieger , J.  Albin , S.  Paget , S. M. Glick
  • The Division of Endocrinology of the Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York and the Coney Island Hospital, N.Y., USA
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07 January 2009 (online)

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Abstract

Acute elevation of plasma corticosteroid levels to values greater than 50 µg/100 ml prior to and during sleep failed to suppress the nocturnal rise in plasma growth hormone levels and the percentage of sleep time spent in stages III and IV in four normal male subjects.

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Sleep EEG - Nocturnal Growth Hormone Release - Corticosteroid Suppression

1 Supported by U.S.P.H.S. Grant NB02893 (Dr. Krieger) and U.S.P.H.S. Grant AM-09219 (Dr. Glick)

1 Supported by U.S.P.H.S. Grant NB02893 (Dr. Krieger) and U.S.P.H.S. Grant AM-09219 (Dr. Glick)