Clinical endocrinology
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Clinical endocrinology · Jan 2009
Influence of ethnicity on IGF-I and procollagen III peptide (P-III-P) in elite athletes and its effect on the ability to detect GH abuse.
A method based on the two GH dependent markers, IGF-I and procollagen III peptide (P-III-P) has been proposed to detect exogenously administered GH. As previous studies involved predominantly white European elite athletes, it is necessary to validate the method in other ethnic groups. ⋯ The GH-2000 detection method based on IGF-I and P-III-P would be valid in all ethnic groups.