title: Growth hormone and the microvascular complications of diabetes.
abstract: The basis for the hypothesis that growth hormone is a permissive factor in the pathogenesis of diabetic microvascular complications is a weak one. The best way forward in this research will be to devise a pharmacological method of suppressing growth hormone secretion in diabetic subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Endocrinology, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Johnston