Somatorelin is a
diagnostic agent
A medical test is a medical procedure performed to detect, diagnose, or monitor diseases, disease processes, susceptibility, or to determine a course of treatment. Medical tests such as, physical and visual exams, diagnostic imaging, genetic te ...
for determining
growth hormone deficiency. It is a
recombinant version of
growth hormone-releasing hormone
Growth may refer to:
Biology
* Auxology, the study of all aspects of human physical growth
* Bacterial growth
* Cell growth
* Growth hormone, a peptide hormone that stimulates growth
* Human development (biology)
* Plant growth
* Secondary growth ...
(GHRH).
Somatorelin has been used to study hormone deficiency (particularly
growth hormone deficiency), cognitive impairment, sleep disorders, and aging.
See also
*
List of growth hormone secretagogues
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
Peptides
{{pharm-stub
http://www.hghninja.com/