Inappropriate growth hormone response to luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in diabetes mellitus |
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Authors: | Ottavio Giampietro Roberto Miccoli Marco Ferdeghini Giuseppe Penno Antonio Masoni Renzo Navalesi |
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Affiliation: | Istituto di Clinica Medica II, Universita' di Pisa, Italy. |
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Abstract: | We randomly administered luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) or thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) (25 micrograms and 200 micrograms, respectively, as a bolus), to 16 diabetic male subjects (9 type I, 7 type II) and to 9 healthy male controls in two different mornings. While GH in the basal state was similar in type I, type II, and normal subjects, LHRH administration surprisingly evoked a significant GH release in 7 (5 type 1, 2 type II) diabetic patients. GH-responders had higher glycated hemoglobin than non-responders (11 +/- 1 nu 8.3 +/- 0.5%) but superimposable fasting and intratest average glucose levels. Only one patient among the GH-responders to LHRH showed a GH release also after TRH. These data support the hypothesis that GH secretion in diabetes, especially when poorly controlled, is abnormal. |
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