Publications in collaboration with researchers from Hospital Xeral Calde (11)

2006

  1. Effect of obesity and morbid obesity on the growth hormone (GH) secretion elicited by the combined GHRH + GHRP-6 test

    Clinical Endocrinology, Vol. 64, Núm. 6, pp. 667-671

2004

  1. Growth hormone (GH) peaks versus areas under the curve in the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency: Analysis of the variables provided by the GHRH + GHRP-6 test

    Pituitary, Vol. 7, Núm. 1, pp. 15-20

2002

  1. A single growth hormone (GH) determination is sufficient for the diagnosis of GH-deficiency in adult patients using the growth hormone releasing hormone plus growth hormone releasing peptide-6 test

    Clinical Endocrinology, Vol. 57, Núm. 3, pp. 377-384

2000

  1. GH-releasing hormone and GH-releasing peptide-6 for diagnostic testing in GH-deficient adults

    Lancet, Vol. 356, Núm. 9236, pp. 1137-1142

1999

  1. High serum leptin levels in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus: Contribution of age, BMI, pubertal development and metabolic status

    Clinical Endocrinology, Vol. 51, Núm. 5, pp. 603-610

  2. Regulation of growth hormone secretion by signals produced by the adipose tissue

    Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, Vol. 22, Núm. 5 SUPPL., pp. 22-26

1998

  1. Theoretical considerations in estimating the growth hormone axis in adults

    Growth Hormone and IGF Research, Vol. 8, Núm. SUPPL. 2, pp. 93-96

1997

  1. Serum leptin levels in normal children: Relationship to age, gender, body mass index, pituitary-gonadal hormones, and pubertal stage

    Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol. 82, Núm. 9, pp. 2849-2855

  2. Sex-based differences in serum leptin concentrations from umbilical cord blood at delivery

    European Journal of Endocrinology, Vol. 137, Núm. 6, pp. 655-658

1991

  1. Study of insulin-like growth factor I in human obesity

    Hormone Research in Paediatrics, Vol. 36, Núm. 5-6, pp. 187-191

1989

  1. Cholinergic receptor activation by pyridostigmine restores growth hormone (gh) responsiveness to gh releasing hormone administration in obese subjects: Evidence for hypothalamic somatostatinergic participation in the blunted gh release of obesity

    Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol. 68, Núm. 2, pp. 290-293