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Heterozygous mutations of growth hormone receptor gene in children with idiopathic short stature.
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society - 1 Dec 2005
Bonioli Eugenio, Tarò Marina, Rosa Carmen La, Citana Amedeo, Bertorelli Roberto, Morcaldi Guido, Gastaldi Roberto, Coviello Domenico A
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OBJECTIVE: The term idiopathic short stature (ISS) describes children: (a) whose height is more than two standard deviations below the mean; (b) with normal or slow height velocity; (c) of normal birth weight; (d) showing an absence of specific endocrine abnormalities; and (e) having no evidence of chronic physical or psychological illness. It has been suggested that partial growth hormone (GH) insensitivity due...
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