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Mutations in the growth hormone releasing hormone receptor: a new form of dwarfism in humans.
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society - 1 Jun 1999
Baumann G
Abstract excerpt
We describe a recently identified new form of dwarfism due to isolated growth hormone (GH) deficiency, secondary to inactivating mutations in the GH-releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) gene. The identical nonsense mutations in the extracellular domain of the GHRHR (E72X or E50X, depending on whether the signal peptide is included in the numbering) has been independently described in three families residing on or...
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