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[Short stature caused by SHOX gene haploinsufficiency: from diagnosis to treatment].
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Jul 2008
Jorge Alexander A L, Nishi Mirian Y, Funari Mariana F A, Souza Silvia C, Arnhold Ivo J P, Mendonça Berenice B
Abstract excerpt
Studies involving patients with short stature and partial deletion of sex chromosomes identified SHOX gene in the pseudoautosomal region of the X and Y chromosomes. SHOX haploinsufficiency is an important cause of short stature in a diversity of clinical conditions. It explains 2/3 of short statu...
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