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   Schild regression

   The first radio-receptor assay was done in 1970 by Lefkowitz et al, using a radiolabeled hormone to determine the binding affinity for its receptor. ... Therefore, the fluorophore used, the length of the linker, and its position must be carefully selected.
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   Hormone

   Recognition of the hormone by an associated cell membrane or intracellular receptor protein. ... Many hormones and their analogues are used as medication.
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   Growth hormone

   Prior to its production by recombinant DNA technology, growth hormone used to treat deficiencies was extracted from the pituitary glands of cadavers.
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   Growth hormone treatment

   Rhesus growth hormone was never used by physicians to treat human patients, but rhesus GH was part of the lore of the underground anabolic steroid community in those years and fraudulent versions may have been bought and sold in gyms.
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   Hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female)

   Of the estrogen formulations commonly used, ethinyl estradiol (commonly found in birth control pills) has the greatest number of adverse reactions. ... "Comparison of the Hershberger assay and androgen receptor binding assay of twelve chemicals".
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   Insulin resistance

   Insulin resistance is also occasionally found in patients who use insulin. ... A fasting serum insulin level of greater than the upper limit of normal for the assay used (approximately 60 pmol/L) is considered evidence of insulin resistance.
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   Use of biotechnology in pharmaceutical manufacturing

   HaeIII, a type of restriction enzyme which acts at restriction sites "in the 3' noncoding region" and at the 23rd codon in complementary DNA for human growth hormone, was used to produce "a DNA fragment of 551 base pairs which includes coding sequences for amino acids 24 - 191 of HGH." ... Most reports indicate that 60 to 80 percent of patients with hemophilia who were exposed to factor VIII concentrates between 1979 and 1984 are seropositive for HIV by [the] Western blot assay.
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   Hypopituitarism

   Computed tomography with radiocontrast may be used if MRI is not available. ... Euthyroid sick syndrome · Thyroid hormone resistance · Thyroid nodule
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   Growth hormone deficiency

   Several types of evidence are used to ascertain GH sufficiency or deficiency. ... Treatment usually involves daily injections of growth hormone for children.
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    Thyroid-stimulating hormone

    Recent advances in increasing the sensitivity of the TSH assay make it a better screening tool than free T4. ... | Thyroid-stimulating hormone, beta |

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Schild regression,
• Hormone,
• Growth hormone,
• Growth hormone treatment,
• Hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female),
• Insulin resistance,
• Use of biotechnology in pharmaceutical manufacturing,
• Hypopituitarism,
• Growth hormone deficiency,
• Thyroid-stimulating hormone