Characterization of<i>gsp</i>-Mediated Growth Hormone Excess in the Context of McCune-Albright Syndrome

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McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is a disorder characterized by the triad of café-au-lait skin pigmentation, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia of bone, and hyperfunctioning endocrinopathies, including GH excess. The molecular etiology of the disease is postzygotic activating mutations of the GNAS1 gene product, G(s)alpha. The term gsp oncogene has been assigned to these mutations due to their association with certain...

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