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Congenital IGF1 deficiency tends to confer protection against post-natal development of malignancies
4 Feb 2011
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether congenital IGF1 deficiency confers protection against development of malignancies, by comparing the prevalence of malignancies in patients with congenital (secondary) deficiency of IGF1 with the prevalence of cancer in their family members. METHOD: Only patients with an ascertained diagnosis of either Laron syndrome (LS), congenital IGHD, congenital multiple pituitary hormone...
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