Insulin Like Growth Factor

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 References

More Specific Terms

• insulin-like growth factor 2; IGF-2; somatomedin-A; contains: insulin-like growth factor 2 Ala-25 del; contains: preptin (IGF2)
• insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) or somatomedin-C

Introduction

• Growth factor with similarity to insulin, including:
• insulin-like growth factor-1 ( IGF-1)
• insulin-like growth factor-2 ( IGF-2)

More General Terms

• biochemistry

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.

insulin-like growth factor (IGF)