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Isolated growth hormone deficiency and the GH-1 gene: update 2002.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2002
Binder Gerhard
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This short review will focus on the mechanisms which are thought to be directly involved in GH expression and particularly on the monogenetic disorders which were shown to cause isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) due to insufficient expression of GH. The overwhelming majority of genetic defects detected in isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) are mutations of the coding region of the GH-1 gene which...
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