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Pituitary hypoplasia in patients with a mutation in the growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor gene.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 1 Apr 2000
Murray R A, Maheshwari H G, Russell E J, Baumann G
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Several anatomic abnormalities of the pituitary gland have been described as occurring in association with congenital growth hormone deficiency, including hypoplasia of the adenohypophysis, truncation of the pituitary stalk, and ectopia of the neurohypophysis. Their pathogenesis, however, is obscure. Normal pituitary development is dependent on the sequential expression of a series of...
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