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Article: Erciyes University details research in metabolism.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- September 24, 2008
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New investigation results, 'Serum insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), IGF-binding protein-3, and growth hormone levels in collodion babies: a case-control study,' are detailed in a study published in Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism. "Because growth failure occurs in many collodion babies, we investigated serum growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) levels in collodion babies admitted to Gevher Nesibe Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey between 1999 and 2006. The newborns diagnosed clinically as 'collodion baby' were included in the study group (group 1)," investigators in Kayseri, Turkey report (see also ...