title: Increase in urinary growth hormone excretion in puberty.
abstract: During the pubertal years the overnight urinary excretion rate of growth hormone (hGHu) increases to three to four times the prepubertal rate, reaching a peak in girls at 13 years and in boys at 15 years. After puberty the mean rate of overnight hGHu is twice that before puberty.
authors: Department of Child Health, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury.
authors: D A
authors: DA
authors: Price
authors: G M
authors: GM
authors: Addison
authors: E D
authors: ED
authors: Herbert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000375:Aging / Q000652:urine; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D015592:Immunoradiometric Assay; D008297:Male; D011627:Puberty / Q000652:urine*; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone