title: Effect of hyperglycemia on the growth hormone response to L-dopa in diabetic subjects.
abstract: Plasma growth hormone (GH) levels were measured before and after oral administration of L-dopa in 8 insulin-dependent juvenile diabetic patients, and in 6 non insulin-dependent maturity-onset diabetics, while they were hyperglycemic, and values were compared with those of normal children and adult subjects. Maturity-onset diabetics failed to show an increase in serum GH levels after L-dopa administration, while serum peak GH values of juvenile diabetic patients were not significantly different from those of normal adults and children. Hyperglycemia thus failed to prevent L-dopa induced growth hormone response in insulin-dependent juvenile diabetic patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007980:Levodopa / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007980:Levodopa; D013006:Growth Hormone