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Short stature due to SHOX deficiency: genotype, phenotype, and therapy.
Hormone research in paediatrics - 1 Feb 2011
Binder Gerhard
Abstract excerpt
SHOX deficiency is a frequent cause of short stature. The short stature homeobox-containing gene resides in the telomeric PAR1 region on the short arm of both sex chromosomes and escapes X inactivation. For this review, abstracts of 207 publications presented by PubMed for the search term 'SHOX' were screened. Heterozygote SHOX mutations (80% deletions) were detected in 2-15% of individuals with formerly...
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