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The phenotype of short stature homeobox gene (SHOX) deficiency in childhood: contrasting children with Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis and Turner syndrome.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Oct 2005
Ross Judith L, Kowal Karen, Quigley Charmian A, Blum Werner F, Cutler Gordon B, Crowe Brenda, Hovanes Karine, Elder Frederick F, Zinn Andrew R
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the growth disorder and phenotype in prepubertal children with Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis (LWD), a dominantly inherited skeletal dysplasia, and to compare the findings from girls with Turner syndrome (TS). STUDY DESIGN: We studied the auxologic and phenotypic characteristics in 34 prepubertal LWD subjects (ages 1 to 10 years; 20 girls, 14 boys) with confirmed short stature...
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