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Study of GH sensitivity in chilean patients with idiopathic short stature.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Sept 2001
Sjoberg M, Salazar T, Espinosa C, Dagnino A, Avila A, Eggers M, Cassorla F, Carvallo P, Mericq M V
Abstract excerpt
We hypothesized that some children with idiopathic short stature in Chile might bear heterozygous mutations of the GH receptor. We selected 26 patients (3 females, 23 males) from 112 patients who consulted for idiopathic short stature at the University of Chile. Their chronological age was 8.3 +/- 1.9, and bone age was 6.1 +/- 1.0 yr. Their height was -3.0 +/- 0.7 SDS; IGF-I, -1.2 +/- 1.1 SD; IGF binding protein...
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