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Polymorphisms identified in the upstream core polyadenylation signal of IGF1 gene exon 6 do not cause pre- and postnatal growth impairment.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 2007
Coutinho Debora C, Coletta Rocio R D, Costa Elaine M F, Pachi Paulo R, Boguszewski Margaret C S, Damiani Durval, Mendonca Berenice B, Arnhold Ivo J P, Jorge Alexander A L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Few children born small for gestational age (SGA) with IGF1 mutations have been reported. One of these patients presented a mutation at 3' untranslated region (UTR) at exon 6, probably affecting the polyadenylation process. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to sequence the IGF...
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