Discover Community Create You

Loading publication...

Noodle always counts identifier-free feature events for service operation. With your permission, Google Analytics can also estimate audience and engagement. Search text, publication identifiers, cookies, IP addresses and browser fingerprints are never included in Noodle's first-party event counters.

Privacy details

Article

The pygmy short stature enigma.

Pediatric endocrinology reviews : PER - 1 Jun 2011

Meazza Cristina, Pagani Sara, Bozzola Mauro

Abstract excerpt

The Pigmy populations of Central Africa are known as the shortest human populations worldwide showing an endocrine profile similar to Caucasian individuals with idiopathic short stature. Therefore, the study of these subjects may significantly improve our knowledge of the mechanisms regulating normal growth in humans. In this review we summarize the existing knowledge on Pygmies' short stature, including...

Read the complete abstract on PubMed

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

Share to Biological Evolution
Share to Black People
Share to Body Height

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Share to Genetic Variation

Share to Human Growth Hormone

Share to Insulin-Like Growth Factor I

Share to Receptors, Somatotropin

Source

Identifiers

PMID: 21972779

Provenance

PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 4 Sept 2026.

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Research trail→

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

The pygmy short stature enigma.PMID 21972779Read ↗

Growth Hormone Binding Protein, Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and Short Stature in Two Pygmy Populations from the PhilippinesSemantic proximity Read ↗

Have we finally solve the enigma of the small size of Pygmies?Semantic proximity Read ↗

The role of GHR and IGF1 genes in the genetic determination of African pygmies' short stature.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Patterns of ancestry, signatures of natural selection, and genetic association with stature in Western African pygmies.Semantic proximity Read ↗

[Growth Hormone-Insulin Growth Factor I (GH-IGF-I) axis and growth].Semantic proximity Read ↗

Idiopathic Short Stature: What to Expect from Genomic InvestigationsSemantic proximity Read ↗

Update: Consequences of Abnormal Fetal GrowthSemantic proximity Read ↗

Noonan syndrome: an update on growth and development.Semantic proximity Read ↗

The shortness of Pygmies is associated with severe under-expression of the growth hormone receptorSemantic proximity Read ↗

Evolution of the Pygmy Phenotype: Evidence of Positive Selection from Genome-wide Scans in African, Asian, and Melanesian PygmiesSemantic proximity Read ↗

MECHANISMS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY: Novel genetic causes of short statureSemantic proximity Read ↗

Towards identification of molecular mechanisms of short statureSemantic proximity Read ↗

⌁Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.