these findings suggest that gh secretion evoked by the l-dopa administration is induced by ghrh released from the hypothalamus , and impairment of gh secretion associated with simple obesity , primary hypothyroidism , or niddm may be in part attributed to insufficiency of ghrh release from the hypothalamus , and indicate that l-dopa test is clinically useful for evaluating the ability of intrinsic ghrh release in such diseased states .
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