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IGF1R mutations as cause of SGA.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Feb 2011
Klammt J, Kiess W, Pfäffle R
Abstract excerpt
Until 2003 monogenetic aberrations that lead to a child that is born too small for gestational age (SGA) were poorly defined. With the first report of mutations within the insulin-like growth factor type 1 receptor (IGF1R) gene in two non-syndromic patients born SGA, who failed to thrive despite normal or even elevated IGF1 serum concentrations the concept of IGF1 resistance has been established. The...
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