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[Noonan syndrome: from phenotype to growth hormone therapy].
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Jul 2008
Malaquias Alexsandra C, Ferreira Lize V, Souza Silvia C, Arnhold Ivo J P, Mendonça Berenice B, Jorge Alexander A L
Abstract excerpt
Noonan Syndrome (NS) is one of the most common genetic syndromes and it is an important differential diagnosis in children with short stature, delayed puberty and cryptorchidism. NS is characterized by dysmorphic facial features, congenital heart defects and short stature, but there is a great variability in phenotype. NS may occur in a pattern consistent with autosomal dominant inheritance with almost complete...
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