Growth hormone and the microvascular complications of diabetes.
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.
Sharp
P S
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Department of Clinical Endocrinology, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
Johnston
D G
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