Randall J. Urban
University of Texas Medical Branch
123 Papers
924 Citations
Randall J. Urban is an academic researcher from University of Texas Medical Branch. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Traumatic brain injury. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 117 publications. Previous affiliations of Randall J. Urban include KTU Faculty of Medicine.
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Papers
Development of a novel protocol for isolation and purification of human granulosa cells
TL;DR: A novel protocol for granulosa cell purification has been developed yielding samples that are largely free of nondesirable cells, especially for patient samples that have significant RBC contamination.
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Serum IGF‐1 concentrations in a sample of patients with traumatic brain injury as a diagnostic marker of growth hormone secretory response to glucagon stimulation testing
Dennis J. Zgaljardic,Sreedevi Guttikonda,James J. Grady,Charles R. Gilkison,Kurt A. Mossberg,Walter M. High,Brent E. Masel,Randall J. Urban +7 more
TL;DR: The authors' experience using the glucagon stimulation test (GST) in assessing GHD in adult patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) as it relates to baseline serum insulin‐like growth factor‐1 (IGF‐1) concentrations is reported.
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Efficacy of Testosterone plus NASA Exercise Countermeasures during Head-Down Bed Rest
E. Lichar Dillon,Melinda Sheffield-Moore,William J. Durham,Lori L. Ploutz-Snyder,Jeffrey W. Ryder,Christopher P. Danesi,Kathleen M. Randolph,Charles R. Gilkison,Randall J. Urban +8 more
TL;DR: This is the first report to demonstrate that cycled, low-dose testosterone treatment increases LBM under conditions of strict exercise control, and is clinically relevant to the development of safe and effective therapies against muscle atrophy during long-term bed rest, aging, and disease where loss of muscle mass and strength is a risk.
Neuroendocrine consequences of traumatic brain injury.
Alejandro Munoz,Randall J. Urban +1 more
TL;DR: Emerging data support the notion growth hormone (GH) replacement as a useful intervention to improve symptomatology and functional outcomes among adequately selected GH-deficient patients recovering from TBI.
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