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New growth hormone receptor exon 9 mutation causes genetic short stature.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement - 1 Feb 1999
Ayling R M, Ross R J, Towner P, Von Laue S, Finidori J, Moutoussamy S, Buchanan C R, Clayton P E, Norman M R
Abstract excerpt
A novel form of congenital growth hormone insensitivity syndrome (GHIS), which lacks the classic phenotype associated with this condition, is described. Dominant inheritance is shown to result from a heterozygous 876-1 G to C transversion of the 3' splice acceptor site preceding exon 9 in the growth hormone receptor (GHR) gene. The result of this mutation is a severely truncated cytoplasmic domain of the GHR,...
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