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Pituitary gene mutations and the growth hormone pathway.
Seminars in reproductive medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Moseley C T, Phillips J A
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary forms of pituitary insufficiency not associated with anatomic defects of the central nervous system, hypothalamus, or pituitary are a heterogeneous group of disorders that result from interruptions at different points in the hypothalamic-pituitary-somatomedin-peripheral tissue axis. These different types of pituitary dwarfism can be classified on the level of the defect; mode of inheritance; whether...
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