Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5901818 | Growth Hormone & IGF Research | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Although the GST is a reliable alternative test to the ITT, it should be cautiously used in the elderly because this population may have co-morbidities including vascular and cardiac diseases that could be potentiated with side effects of the test, such as severe hypotension.
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Authors
Ana Beatriz Winter Tavares, Ignácio Antônio Seixas-da-Silva, Diego H.S. Silvestre, Carlos Montes Júnior, Mario Vaisman, Flávia Lucia Conceição,