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Pit-1 mutation and lipoedema in a family.
Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association - 1 Jun 2010
Bano G, Mansour S, Brice G, Ostergaard P, Mortimer P S, Jeffery S, Nussey S
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BACKGROUND: A 23-year-old male was referred to our clinic with diagnosis of idiopathic isolated growth hormone deficiency. A detailed family history revealed short stature and swelling of legs which only affected females in four generations of his family. METHODS: Combined pituitary function tests revealed growth hormone deficiency, secondary hypothyroidism and hypoprolactinemia in the proband. His mother had...
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