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Isolated growth hormone (GH) deficiency due to compound heterozygosity for two new mutations in the GH-releasing hormone receptor gene.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 May 2001
Salvatori R, Fan X, Phillips J A, Prince M, Levine M A
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OBJECTIVE: Mutations in the GH releasing hormone receptor (GHRH-R) have recently been shown to cause autosomal recessive isolated GH deficiency (IGHD). Patients who are homozygous for GHRH-R mutations have a subnormal GH response to pharmacological agents that stimulate GH secretion and an appropriate response to exogenous GH therapy. We searched for mutations in the GHRH-R gene in a family in which two of three...
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