Download or read book The Growth Hormone/Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis during Development written by Isabel Varela-Nieto and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-17 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I is a widely expressed growth factor with diverse effects on many tissues throughout development and in adult life. The purpose of this work is to provide detailed and updated information on the role of the growth hormone (GH)-IGF axis in fetal and postnatal development, as well as its physiological functions and implications in pathology.