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Unexpected phenotype in a boy with trisomy of the SHOX gene.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Jan 2000
Iughetti Lorenzo, Capone Lucia, Elsedfy Heba, Bertorelli Roberto, Predieri Barbara, Bruzzi Patrizia, Forabosco Antonino, El Kholy Mohamed
Abstract excerpt
The assessment that heterozygous SHOX mutations leading to SHOX haploinsufficiency play a role in patients with idiopathic short stature (ISS) is already documented in the literature as well as the suggestion that additional copies of SHOX are strongly implicated in a condition of tall stature. However, we report the first case of short stature in a male associated with the presence of three copies of the SHOX...
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