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Abnormal growth in noonan syndrome: the challenge of optimal therapy.
Pediatric endocrinology reviews : PER - 1 Jun 2009
Savage Martin O, Padidela Raja, Kirk Jeremy M W, Malaquias Alexsandra C, Jorge Alexander A L
Abstract excerpt
Noonan syndrome (NS) is a phenotypically heterogeneous condition frequently associated with short stature. Genetic investigations have identified mutations in several genes, e.g. PTPN11, KRAS, RAF and SOS1 in patients with the NS phenotype and related disorders such as LEOPARD, Costello and Cardiofacio- cutaneous syndromes. In NS, PTPN11 mutations are present in 29-60% of cases. The degree of short stature does...
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