Placental growth hormone (PGH) is synthesized in and secreted from the human placental syncytiotrophoblast (1) into the maternal circulation in a nonpulsatile manner, detectable in the maternal ...

Human growth hormone (hGH) is linked to muscle mass, weight loss, and increased athletic performance. You produce hGH naturally, but you can also get injections of recombinant growth hormone (rhGH).

In April, 1985, the FDA banned the distribution of pituitary growth hormone (hGH) because of the possibility that it was contaminated by a “slow virus”. All parents of children receiving hGH ...