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Growth hormone receptor sequence changes do not play a role in determining height in children with idiopathic short stature.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2006
Hujeirat Yasir, Hess Ora, Shalev Stavit, Tenenbaum-Rakover Yardena
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: In children with short stature, in whom growth hormone deficiency has been excluded, the presence of a normal or elevated growth hormone concentration concomitant with low insulin-like growth factor I suggests growth hormone insensitivity (GHI). Previous reports suggest that heterozygous mutations in the growth hormone receptor gene (GHR) may account for about 5% of children with idiopathic short...
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