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Exon 3-deleted genotype of growth hormone receptor (GHRd3) positively influences IGF-1 increase at generation test in children with idiopathic short stature.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Oct 2007
Toyoshima Marcos T K, Castroneves Luciana A, Costalonga Everlayny F, Mendonca Berenice B, Arnhold Ivo J P, Jorge Alexander A L
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CONTEXT: A GHR-exon 3 polymorphism has been reported to influence the growth response to hGH therapy in short stature children. None of these studies provided data on IGF-1 generation test. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of the GHR-exon 3 polymorphism on the generation test in children with idiopathic short stature (ISS). DESIGN AND PATIENTS: A total of 45 prepubertal ISS children were submitted to IGF-1...
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