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Am J Psychiatry 1990; 147:1072-1074
Copyright © 1990 by American Psychiatric Association

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Growth hormone response to growth hormone-releasing hormone in schizophrenic patients

DI Mayerhoff, JA Lieberman, CZ Lemus, S Pollack and BS Schneider
Department of Research, Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY 11004.

Ten schizophrenic patients and five normal control subjects were challenged with growth hormone-releasing hormone in a pilot study investigating growth hormone secretion from the pituitary. The results suggest suprapituitary dysfunction in schizophrenia, but replication in a larger study is needed.




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