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GH responsiveness in a large multinational cohort of SGA children with short stature (NESTEGG) is related to the exon 3 GHR polymorphism.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Sept 2007
Tauber M, Ester W, Auriol F, Molinas C, Fauvel J, Caliebe J, Nugent T, Fryklund L, Ranke M B, Savage M O, Clark A J L, Johnston L B, Hokken-Koelega A C S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The polymorphic deletion of exon 3 of the GH receptor (d3-GHR) has recently been linked to the magnitude of growth response to recombinant human GH (rhGH) therapy in short children with or without GH deficiency. We investigated this association in a large multinational cohort from the Network of European Studies of Genes in Growth (NESTEGG), comprising short children born small for gestational age...
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