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[Mutation of growth hormone receptor gene in patients with short stature].
Zhonghua er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of pediatrics - 1 Nov 2006
Song Fang, Dai Yao-hua, Bao Xiu-lan, Chen Xiao-li, Jin Yu-wei
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OBJECTIVES: The mutations of growth hormone receptor (GHR) gene results in growth hormone insensitivity (Laron syndrome) or partial growth hormone insensitivity. This study aimed to understand the relation between mutations of GHR gene and short stature with non-growth-hormone deficiency, and the clinical feature of the patients with the GHR gene mutations. METHODS: (1) Forty-seven patients with...
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