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Growth and skeletal development in families with NOGGIN gene mutations.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2008
Oxley C D, Rashid R, Goudie D R, Stranks G, Baty D U, Lam W, Kelnar C J, Ahmed S F
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INTRODUCTION: There is a scarcity of data on height as well as bone densitometry in humans with NOGGIN mutations. METHODS: In 2 families with symphalangism, anthropometry, bone densitometry and genetic analysis of the NOGGIN gene were performed. RESULTS: In family A, the height standard deviation scores of the affected father and son were -0.4 and 3.5, respectively. In family B, the height standard deviation...
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