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Familial dwarfism due to a novel mutation of the growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor gene.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Mar 1999
Salvatori R, Hayashida C Y, Aguiar-Oliveira M H, Phillips J A, Souza A H, Gondo R G, Toledo S P, Conceicão M M, Prince M, Maheshwari H G, Baumann G, Levine M A
Abstract excerpt
Isolated growth hormone (GH) deficiency (IGHD) is a rare cause of short stature. The same mutation of the gene encoding the growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) has been identified as the basis for IGHD in three families from the Indian subcontinent. The prevalence and heterogeneity...
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