Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  Growth hormone deficiency is generally treated during childhood. Only recently has the importance of growth hormone in adults been recognized.  Some problems resulting from growth hormone deficiency in adults are changes in body composition, reduced exercise capacity, impaired quality of life, and cardiovascular dysfunction.  The most common causes of adult growth hormone deficiency are pituitary and peripituitary tumors, the effects of treating one of these tumors, or problems with blood supply to the pituitary.  Once diagnosis is established, replacement of growth hormone may be indicated.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides 

         Endocrine and metabolic disorders sourcebook.  
                 CONSUMER HEALTH WK 140 E525 1999

DeGroot, Leslie J., et al (eds.).  Endocrinology. 4th ed. v.1 p.520-7.
        WK 100.3 E56 2001

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Martin, Constance R. Dictionary of endocrinology and related biomedical sciences.
        REF WK 13 M277 1995

Lavin, Norman (ed.). Manual of endocrinology and metabolism. 3rd ed.
        WK 39 M263 2002

Selected textbooks

Smith, Roy G. and Michael O. Thorner (eds.).  Human growth hormone: research and clinical practice.
       WK 515 H852 2000

Bengtsson, Bengt-Ake (ed.). Growth hormone.
        WK 550 G763 1999

Juul, Anders and Jens O.L.Jorgensen (eds.).  Growth hormone in adults: physiological and clinical aspects , 2nd ed.
        WK 515 G766 2000

Kelnar, C. J. H., et al (eds.). Growth disorders: pathophysiology and treatment.
        WK 515 G763 1998

Monson, John F (ed.). Challenges in growth hormone therapy.
        WK 515 C314 1999

More books 

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog for:

Suggested subject headings: Somatotropin
Growth Disorders
Hormones
Endocrinology
Hypopituitarism
Endocrine Diseases
Pituitary Gland

Selected journals 

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog for:

Suggested subject headings: Endocrinology- Periodicals
Endocrine Diseases  - Periodicals
Metabolism - Periodicals
Hormones - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

Index Medicus & MEDLINE  On-Campus   / Off-Campus

Suggested subject headings: Somatropin/df
Hypopituitarism
Somatropin-Releasing Hormone
Growth Disorders
Pituitary Diseases
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I

Academic Search Elite  On-Campus  Off-Campus

Search using keywords: Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency
Adult GH Deficiency
GH Deficient Adults
Adult GHD
Growth Hormone Deficient Adults

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health & CINAHL Database  On-Campus   / Off-Campus

Suggested Subject headings: Somatotropin/df
Hypopituitarism
Growth Substances

Selected journal articles

Biller BM, et al. Sensitivity and specificity of six tests for the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2002 May; 87(5):2067-79.

Isley WL. Growth hormone therapy for adults: not ready for prime time?. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2002 Aug 6; 137(3):190-6.

Cook DM.  Shouldn't adults with growth hormone deficiency be offered growth hormone replacement therapy?. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2002 Aug 6; 137(3):197-201.

Colao A, et al. The cardiovascular risk of GH-deficient adolescents. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2002 Aug; 87(8):3650-5.

Barkan AL, et al.  Growth hormone therapy for hypopituitary adults: time for re-appraisal. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2000 Aug; 11(6):238-45.

Cook DM. The adult growth hormone deficiency syndrome. Advances in Internal Medicine. 2000; 45:297-315.

More reference sources

Giustina, Andrea (ed.).  Growth hormone and the heart.
        WG 210 G768 2001

Melmed, Shlomo (ed.).  The pituitary, 2nd ed. p.103-7, 367-9.
       WK 550 P478 2002

Specialized sources

Medvei, Victor Cornelius.  The history of clinical endocrinology: a comprehensive account of endocrinology from earliest times to the present day.
       WK 11.1 M423 1993

Department of Medicine.  601-984-5525.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        Celso Gomez-Sanchez, M.D. cgomez-sanchez@medicine.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency
http://www.hgfound.org/adulthormonetherapy.htm

MEDLINEplus: Growth Disorders
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/growthdisorders.html

Society for Endocrinology-Adult Growth Hormone(GH) Replacement
http://www.endocrinology.org/SFE/gh.htm

The Pituitary Foundation - Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency
http://www.pituitary.org.uk/disorders/gh-deficiency.shtml

eMedicine: Growth Hormone Deficiency
http://www.emedicine.com/PED/topic/810.htm

Author:  Ardis Haaland
Copyright 2002 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson